Hunger And Eating Flashcards
____ ___ - When someone is hungry and their stomach contacts. Activates the hunger drive and causes someone to become hungry.
Hunger pangs
____ - Occurs after we eat and gives us the feeling of being full. This tells us to stop eating.
Satiation
Hunger is induced by the ____ and ____
Hypothalamus and hindbrain
____ and ___ factors can make us hungry. (Ex: someone may mention they’re hungry, making someone else hungry even if they weren’t before. Stress and anxiety)
Environmental and Biological factors
____ ___ - The amount of energy expended in a given time (everyone’s is different. People with higher rates can burn more calories easily than those with low rates)
Metabolic rate
____ - Weighs more than is considered healthy for their height
Overweight
___ - Has a body mass index of 30 or higher
Obese
____ ___ - Has a body mass index over 40
Morbidly obese
____ ___ ___ - Numerical value of how underweight or overweight someone is, given factors such as their age and height
Body mass index
____ - BMI under 18.5
Underweight
____ in 10 adult Americans are considered obese
7 in 10
Obesity runs in ___, meaning there is some genetics in play. (Could also be due to environment. Some people don’t inherit the biological signal that tells us we have eaten enough)
Families
____ Nervosa - Someone will have a body weight that is well below average, usually due to starvation and excessive exercise. Usually has a distorted body image, viewing themselves as overweight when they aren’t. (Could suffer from kidney failure, bone loss, heart failure, etc. most prevalent in women but men can have it too)
Anorexia Nervosa
____ ___ ___ - When someone consumes large amounts of food in a single sitting
Binge eating disorder
_____ Nervosa - Disorder in which someone binge eats and then purges the food (Making themselves throw up or use laxatives)
Bulimia Nervosa
