Weight Loss

Question 1

average weight gain per year in North America?

Answer 1

1-2 lbs / year

Question 2

What does our appetite system do?

Answer 2

Promotes more overeating than undereating so we don’t starve to death. This is why we gradually gain weight.

Question 3

Satiety messengers to the Brain

Answer 3

Signals (grehlin) is secreted from stomach. Takes about 20 min for brain to register signal. Gremlin is the the hunger hormone. Lepton isthe satiety hormone that tells when full. When weight is lost, lepton is lost. Eating slower helps so it gives time for signal to reach brain.

Question 4

What is prader-willi

Answer 4

Excess ghrelin, no medication, causes obesity. Not a lifestyle choice

Question 5

What is prader-willi

Answer 5

Excess ghrelin, no medication, causes obesity. Not a lifestyle choice

Question 6

Lepton deficiency commonality and treatment

Answer 6

Few dozen, leptin injections

Question 7

What happens with the brain in lepton resistance?

Answer 7

Blood brain barrier blocks lepton, meaning it won’t reach the brain.

Question 8

What is the glp-1 hormone?

Answer 8

• I’m full hormone
• released from intestine

Question 9

What does high fibre diets stimulate?

Answer 9

Greater gut hormone production.

Question 10

Eating the same meal, what hormones response will be higher in the regular weight person vs. the overweight

Answer 10

GLP - 1. They’ll feel more full

Question 11

Why is GLP -1 given by injection?

Answer 11

It is broken down by the stomach when ingested but there are new oral forms

Question 12

Can we just inject lepton and hope it works?

Answer 12

No because of lepton resistance. We need GLP -1 to secrete more

Question 13

Choose a bulk with more _____

Answer 13

Fibre. It has less calories and fills you up. Also probably has more volume.

Question 14

Meta analysis on fibre pills

Answer 14

No significant effects on body weight but lower cholesterol

Question 15

True or false, we are more tempted to eat food that is infront of our face

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or false Appetite hormones are not good at helping us to not overeat

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Do portions affect how much we eat?

Answer 17

Yes. If we have access to more, we will eat more.

Question 18

Stress-related eating in men vs. Women.

Answer 18

Women more likely to have high sugar and high fat and men are more likely have salty and high fat

Question 19

How do advertisements affect food intake?

Answer 19

After seeing an advertisement, more food was consumed. This only applied to high sugar and high fat though.

Question 20

Social factors that influence food intake

Answer 20

Portion size, taste, advertisement, variety, plate size, availability