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Nutrition Chapter 9

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BMIs associated with an increased mortality rate
Underweight, overweight and morbid obesity
Most accurate methods (determining body composition)
Underwater weighing.
Apple-shaped fat pattern increases a person's risk for?
type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure, chronic disease.
Energy Balance
occurs when energy intake=energy expenditure. When we consume the same amount of energy that we expend each day.
% of total energy output (basal metabolism)
60% to 75%
3 components of total energy expenditure
These three factors are referred to as our basal metabolic rate (BMR), the thermal effect of food (TEF), and the energy cost of physical activity
Agency regulates medications in the U.S.
FDA
Obesity increases a person's risk of developing?
Type 2 diabetes, Heart disease, stroke, and gallbladder disease.
Obesity (BMI)
Having an excess of body fat that adversely affects health, resulting in a person having a weight for a given height that is substantially greater than an accepted standard.
BMI
Body mass index is a commonly used comparison of a person's body weight to his or her height.
Gastric bypass
attaching the lower part of the small intestine to a greatly reduced stomach, so that most of the food consumed bypasses the stomach and all of it bypasses the duodenum.
Symptom/s of Anorexia Nervosa
is a potentially life-threatening life-threatening eating disorder that is characterized by self-starvation
Bulimia nervosa
is characterized by recurrent episodes of extreme overeating and compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives fasting, or excessive exercise.
Female athlete triad
is a term used to describe a serious syndrome that consists of three clinical conditions in some physically active females: low energy availability menstrual dysfunction, and low bone density
BMI values
Underweight, desirable weight, overweight, obese
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