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Total wellness ch. 11 weight management

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Body Image
your perceptions, thoughts, attitudes, and emotions surrounding how you picture your body
Essential Fat
makes up about 3-5% of total body weight in men and about 8-12% in women.
Most of the fat is stored in fat cells called
adipose tissue
fat that is surrounded around the major organs
visceral fat
proportion of the body's total weight that is fat
percent body fat
total body weight above the recommended range for good health
overweight
defined as a more serious degree of overweight that carries multiple health risks
Obesity
Estimating Body Composition
Men: 12-20%
women: 20-30%
men over 25%=obese
women over 33%=obese
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)
A method of assessing body composition by running a low-level electrical current through the body.
skinfold measurements
A method to estimate body fat by measuring with calipers the thickness of a fold of skin and subcutaneous fat
Hydrostatic Weighing (Underwater Weighing)
method for estimating body composition that compares weight on land to weight underwater
The Bod Pod
commercial name of the equipment used to assess body composition through the air displacement technique
Scanning Procedures
accurate means of assessing body composition that includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), and dual-photon absorptiometry
Body Mass Index (BMI)
A measure of body fat that is the ratio of the weight of the body in kilograms to the square of its height in meters.
Body fat distribution and health risk
-Central body obesity (cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risk)
-Lower-body obesity (osteoarthritis risk)
Female Athlete Triad
disordered eating, amenorrhea, osteoporosis
Amenorrhea
absence of menstruation
Resting Metabolic Rate
the energy required to maintain vital body functions, including respiration, heart rate, body temperature, and blood pressure, while the body is at rest
RMR accounts for how much percent of daily energy expenditure
65-70%
Eating every ____ hours can help to fuel healthy metabolism, maintain muscle muscle, and prevent between-meal hunger that often leads to unhealthy
3-4 hours
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
when a person's dissatisfaction with his or her own body image becomes extreme
Eating Disorders
psychological disorders characterized by disturbed patterns of eating and maladaptive ways of controlling body weight
anorexia nervosa
a person who does not eat enough food to maintain a reasonable body weight
-purge
How many women suffer from anorexia nervosa
0.5-3.7%
Bulimia nervosa
a person suffering from this engages in recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by purging
Binge-eating disorder
affects 3-5% women and 2% of men. Uncontrollable eating, usually followed by feelings of guilt and shame about weight gain.
OSFED (Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder)
people who have feeding or eating disorders that can cause significant distress or impairment, but who do not meet the criteria for another disorder
Treatment for Anorexia
-increase weight gradually
-monitor exercise routine
-teach healthy eating and exercising
-allow client input in choosing healthy foods for meals
-Limit activity and decisions if weight is low enough to be life threatening
Treatment for bulimia
first stabilizing the eating patterns, identifying and changing the patterns of thinking, improving coping skills
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