Tackling Obesity W9

Question 1

What is more effective out of diet and exercise?

Answer 1

Diet= short-term/quick

Exercise= long-term/slower

Question 2

What is adipose tissue decrease greater through?

Answer 2

Diet

Question 3

What does muscle preservation do?

Answer 3

Help maintain BMR

Question 4

What does diet do?

Answer 4

Decreases adipose tissue and muscle

Question 5

What reduces T3 concentration?

Answer 5

Diet
Exercise does not

Question 6

What is T3?

Answer 6

Plasma Triiodothyronine

Question 7

What is Ghrelin?

Answer 7

Produced by stomach
Increases when you eat
Hunger hormone
Exogenic

Question 8

What is Leptin?

Answer 8

Produced by adipose tissue
Insulin resistant
Switches off drive to eat
Anorexigenic

Question 9

What are the 2 hormones in the body which effects the bodies drive to eat?

Answer 9

Leptin
Ghrelin

Question 10

What causes ghrelin to change?

Answer 10

Weight loss from exercise

Question 11

How does dieting influence ghrelin?

Answer 11

Increases the hormone

Question 12

What are the ways you can assess body composition?

Answer 12

MRI
DEXA
Underwater Weighting

Question 13

What is being overweight associated with?

Answer 13

Higher mortality rate
Increased risk of CVD
Increased risk of diabetes
Increased risk of hypertension
Increased risk of stroke