Eat Less Burn More Flashcards

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How can we prevent/treat obesity and diabetes?

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Lifestyle changes
Psychological therapies
Bariatric surgery
Therapeutic agents to reduce body weight

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Name some lifestyle changes to treat obesity and diabetes
Do these work?

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Dieting and exercise
Generally do not produce a marked sustainable weight loss in the general population

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What is a psychological therapy that can be used to treat obesity?
What is the issue with this?

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CBT
Not able to deliver it on a mass scale

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Advantages and disadvantages for using bariatric surgery to treat obesity

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Advantages - very effective
Disadvantages - expensive, reserved for morbidly obese individuals, risks of the procedure, have to have some weight loss before surgery

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How may therapeutic agents help treat obesity?

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They increase energy expenditure and/or decrease consumption/absorption of food

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Noradrenergics:
What do they do to help obesity?
Side effects
Are they approved?

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They are appetite suppressants that inhibit noradrenaline uptake
CVD side effects
Not approved for use

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Seratonergics:
What do they do to help obesity?
Side effects
Are they approved?

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Appetite suppressants that act on 5-HT system
Some induce heart disease, some caused a return to original weight after weight loss
Not prescribed

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What is the current drug for treatment of obesity?

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Orlistat

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How does orlistat work?

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By inhibiting pancreatic lipase thus decreasing triglyceride absorption, reducing fat absorption in the small intestine

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Side effects of orlistat

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Cramping
Diarrhoea
Bloating
Flatulence
Abdominal pain

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Why do you need to take vitamin supplements if you are prescribed orlistat?

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Because you lose fat soluble vitamins e.g. vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin E

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Is orlistat effective?

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Not particularly - only lose about 3kg in 12 months
Tendency to get rebound weight

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Liraglutide:
Drug class
Dosage
Concerns

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GLP-1 agonist (GLP-1 is a satiety peptide)
3mg produces 5-10% weight loss
Concerns about thyroid and pancreatic cancer

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Semaglutide:
Drug class
Dosage
Is it easy to get?
Is it more or less effective than liraglutide?

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GLP-1 agonist
2.4mg weekly sc injection
No - there are strict rules on the NHS
More effective than liraglutide - produces 15-20% weight loss and less side effects

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How does weight loss surgery work?

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It limits the amount of food that the stomach can hold, making the individual feel full after a small meal

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Types of bariatric surgery

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Adjustable gastric band
Route-en Y gastric bypass
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy

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What happens in adjustable gastric band surgery?

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A band is placed at the top of the stomach to limit food entry to the stomach

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What happens in route-en Y gastric bypass?

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The digestive tract is rerouted, by-passing most of the stomach and small intestine, accelerating the GI transit of food

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What happens in vertical sleeve gastrectomy?

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Part of the stomach is removed leaving a sleeve, so reducing the size of the stomach, lowering food intake and increasing gastric emptying

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What is the most common type of bariatric surgery?

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Vertical sleeve gastrectomy

21
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What percentage weight loss does gastric produce?

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50-60% in one year that is sustainable

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How quickly does a dramatic improvement in glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity occur following bariatric surgery?

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Within 1 week, before significant weight loss occurs

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What is energy expenditure?

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Heat produced + work done

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What is obligatory energy expenditure?

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Basic cell and organ physiological needs

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What is adaptive energy expenditure
Physical activity and adaptive thermogenesis
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Brown adipose tissue contains lots of/few mitochondria
Lots of mitochondria
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How is proton leak in brown adipose tissue regulated?
By UCP1
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How is heat generated in brown adipose tissue?
Proton movement
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How is UCP1 activated?
By long-chain fatty acids
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What is the function of brown adipose tissue?
To generate body heat in animals or newborns that do not shiver
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What are UCPs activated by?
Fatty acids and free radicals
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What is UCP expression induced by?
Metabolic and oxidative challenge: Cold temperatures Dietary restriction Exercise