Obesity Flashcards
1
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BMI
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2
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CENTRAL ADIPOSITY DEFINITION
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3
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Regulation of Body weight = (3)
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4
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nutrition
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5
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CAUSES OF OBESITY (3)
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6
Q
CONTROL OF APPETITE
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7
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leptin
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8
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Changes of circadian rhythm by high-fat diet
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- • A large number of physiological events follow circadian rhythmicity, eg sleeping, eating, hormone and neurotransmitter secretion.
- • HFD reorganizes the coordinated gene expression.
- • It is the nutritional challenge, and not the development of obesity, that causes the reprogramming of the clock.
- • Eat to keep the clock ticking.
9
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obesity: lipid metabolism
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11
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Obesity: glucose metabolism
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Skeletal muscles are responsible for 80% of blood glucose uptake to generate glycogen
