Lecture 9 - Exercise & metabolic disease

Question 1

What is metaboolic disease/

Answer 1

Cluster of 4/5 things that can happen in the body:

1. central obesity
2. insulin resistance
3. Altered Cholesterol (lower HDL)
4. Elevated BP
5. Elevated Triglycerides

Question 2

We are gaining more weight at a ___ age

Answer 2

younger

Question 3

Excess weight gain is a strong….

Answer 3

risk factor for metabolic disease

Question 4

True or False

Diet alone cannot completely solve the key problem associated with metabolic syndrome

Answer 4

true - exercise is also important

Question 5

Metabolic disease primarily arises from ..

Answer 5

increased caloric intake

Question 6

The type of exercise you do depends on the amount of weight you loose:

If you do higher intensity, you tend to loose ____ weight

Answer 6

more weight - bigger drop int he first 6 months

Question 7

Lean mass is increased with ____ exercise

Answer 7

resistance

Question 8

Weight loss is greater with which type of exercise?

Answer 8

aerobic - but combined with resistance is the best

Question 9

Why is exercise beneficial?

Answer 9

Reduced body weight

Increased insulin sensitivity

reduced triglycerides 
Increased HDL (good cholesterol)

Reduced BP

Question 10

A combination of resistance and aerobic exercise will have a greater effect on..

Answer 10

insulin sensitivity

Question 11

Large and swollen fat cells can cause what issues?

Answer 11

trouble taking up glucose

start secreting out cytokines with adverse effects

Question 12

Exercise does what to the fat cells?

Answer 12

they shrink

Question 13

Tissue cross talk involves

Answer 13

may be involved int he development of metabolic syndrome

Question 14

With exercise

glucose, instead of going to the ___ can go to the muscle and be stored as ___

Answer 14

glucose, instead of going to the liver and stored as fat, can go to the muscle and be stored as glycogen