Final Exam Flashcards
Secondary Contributors of Obesity
Skewed Lipid Ratio
Gall bladder disease
Surgical Complications
Mental Health
Primary Contributors of Obesity
Heart disease
Hypertension
Chronic Heart Failure
Type 2 Diabetes
Menstrual Abnorms
Arthritis
Gout
Issues that affect Body Weight
Body weight can effect health
Increased visceral fat
Exercise can reduce Visceral Fat
Low VF has lower CVD
Cultural
People like bigger
But it is what people think
Socioeconomic
People cant afford to eat well
Genetics
Are a big part of Obesity
Mostly by parents
If both parents are heavy the child is 80% chance of heavy
Lifestyle is the biggest risk
Thrift genotype
Low RMR & insufficient thermogenesis
Burns Low amount of cals
Hyperphagic genotype
Poor appetite satiety (over eat)
Takes more to be full
Sedentary genotype
Tend to be a couch potato
Burn few cals
Low Lipid Oxidation genotype
Tend to have low oxidizer
Dosnt burn fat well
Adipogenesis genotype
Have high lipid storage capacity
Three major components of Daily Energy Expenditure
Thermic Effect of Activity- 15-30%
Thermic Effect of Feeding -10%= cost of burning Food
RMR- 60-75%
TEA- is low in most people
Metabolic
Fat Free mass is major determinant of RMR
Declines on physical activity leads to declines in muscle mass
Environmental
Work, school
Behavioral
What we eat
More cals then needed & junk food