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5. Energy Balance and Body Composition Flashcards

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Where and how do endocrine hormones act? Where are they secreted?

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  • Act systematically
  • Generally slow and long lasting
  • Secreted into the blood stream and circulate throughout the body
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Where and how do exocrine hormones act? Where are they secreted?

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  • Act locally
  • Direct and fast acting
  • Secreted into ducts
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List some anabolic hormones.

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  • Insulin
  • Growth hormones
  • IFG-1
  • Testosterone and estrogen
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List the main catabolic hormones.

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  • Glucagon
  • Cortisol
  • Adranaline/epinephrine
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5
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What does the fate of ingested nutrients depend on?

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  • Energy state of the body
  • Amount and type of nutrient already present and available in the body
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What are the major pathways for converting food to energy?

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  • Glycolysis
  • TCA cycle
  • ETC
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Briefly summarize glycolysis.

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Converts 1 glucose –> 2 pyruvate + high energy molecules

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What are the products of the citric acid cycle?

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High-energy molecules and CO2

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What happens in the electron transport chain?

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High-energy moleules are used to produce ATP

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What organ gets first access to many of the body’s nutrients? What does it do w/ them?

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Liver

  • Takes what it needs for energy
  • Converts macronutriends to what the body and brain need according to the signals present
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In terms of the energy state of the body, what is a key fator that helps determine the metabolic fate of macronutrients?

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ATP:ADP ratio

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What substrate CAN’T the liver use for fuel? Why not? What happens to this substrate?

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Ketones

  • Liver can produce ketones for use as fuel by other tissues
  • Liver has little ability to enzymatically break down ketones for energy in its own cells
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What tissues and organs are most important for maintaining energy homeostasis?

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  • Liver
  • Muscle
  • Adipose tissue
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What type(s) of fuel is used by RBCs?

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Only glucose

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What type(s) of fuel is/are used by the brain?

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  • Primarily glucose
  • Ketones when in a starving state
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What type(s) of fuel is/are used by skeletal muscles and the heart?

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Just about everything

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What type(s) of fuel is/are used by adipose tissue?

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Glucose and fat

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What type of metabolites does the Krebs/TCA cycle have inputs and outputs for?

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  • Monosaccharide metabolites
  • Fatty acid metabolites
  • AA metabolites
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What are the 3 primary energy-requiring cellular processes?

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  • Membrane transport
  • Synthesis of molecules
  • Mechanical work
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What makes up an ATP molecule?

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  • Nucleotide adenosine
  • Tail consisting of 3 phosphates
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What is the net amount of ATP produced when a glucose molecule is oxidized? Through what process does this occur?

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  • Aerobic cellular respiration
  • 32-36 net ATP
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How much ATP is produced when fatty acids are oxidized? Through what process does this occur?

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  • Beta-oxidation of 16 carbon fatty acids
  • 131 ATP
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Why does beta oxidation produce more ATP than aerobic cellular respiration?

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  • Energy is released (ATP is produced) when carbon-hydrogen bonds are broke
  • Fatty acids have more carbon-hydrogen bonds than glucose
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How many beta-oxidation cycles are in a 16 carbon fatty acid? Why?

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7 b/c 2 usable carbons are left remaining after the 7th beta-oxidation cycle

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What are the 2 main energy-producing stages in fatty acid metabolism?

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  • Beta-oxidation
  • Krebs cycle
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What are the products of each beta oxidation cycle of a 16 carbon fatty acid?

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  • 1 NADH
  • 1 FADH2
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In the Krebs Cycle, what does each acetyl-CoA produce?

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  • 3 NADH
  • 1 FADH2
  • 1 ATP
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28
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What are fatty acids NOT easily converted to?

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Glucose

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What substrates can be converted into pyruvate? Which cannot? What are these substrates converted into?

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  • Proteins, carbs, and glycerol can
  • Fat cannot –> converted into Acetyl-CoA
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30
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What is the significance of being able to be converted to pyruvate?

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Can be converted into Acetyl-CoA

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31
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Is the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA a reversible or irreversible rxn?

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Irreversible

32
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What are the 2 most important intermediates of metabolism?

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  • Acetyl Co-A
  • Pyruvate
33
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What is the “link reaction”? Why was it named this? What enzyme does this rxn usually catalyze?

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  • Energy-releasing conversion of pyruvate to acetyl Co-A
  • Forms an important link b/t the metabolic pathways of glycolysis and the TCA cycle
  • This rxn usually catalyzes the same enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase
34
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What processes is acetyl-CoA involved in?

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  • Forms citrate in TCA cycle
  • Used for energy production
  • Gluconeogenesis
  • Fatty acid precursors
35
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What are the roles of the liver in metabolism?

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  • Key processor and distributor of nutrients
  • Glycogenesis and glycogenolysis
  • Protein synthesis, catabolism, conversion to other compounds
  • Lipoprotein synthesis
36
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How can a liver become damaged? Consequence?

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  • Fatty liver from a poor diet, hepatitis, too much alcohol, or meds
  • Not be able to perform its metabolic functions properly
37
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What is the body’s one main hormone that deals w/ nutrient storage?

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Insulin

38
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Why is excess fat unhealthy?

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  • When cell and organs get filled w/ fat, they can no longer function properly
  • Too much fat can cause cells to put out inflammatory signals, which increase the risk for certain chronic diseases
  • Excess weight puts stress on joints, causing peeps to be less active
39
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What are the stages of the fed-fast cycle? How long does each last? How does metabolism shift during each stage?

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  1. Fed state: first 3 hrs after meal ingestion
    • metabolism is shifted towards anabolism and storage
  2. Postabsorptive/early fasting state 3-(12-18) hrs after meal
    • metabolism is shifted towards catabolism –> uses stored energy when we haven’t eaten for several hours
  3. Fasting state 18 hrs - 2 days w/o additional food intake
  4. Starvation/long-term fast: fully adapted to deprivation that can last several weeks
40
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How long can you survive without water?

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3 days

41
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How long can you go without food? Depending on what?

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3-4 weeks depending on how much fat you have stored in your body

42
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What happens during the fed state?

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Several hormones are released into circulation after eating, which can activate/deactivate enzymes and metabolic pathways –> affects appetite, nutrient storage, energy homeostasis

43
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What hormones may be increased or activated after a meal?

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  • Insulin
  • Incretins
  • Leptin
  • PYY
  • CCK
44
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What hormones are increased or activated during a fast?

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  • Glucagon
  • Ghrelin
  • Epinephrine
  • Cortisol
  • Thyroxine
45
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What do incretin hormones do? When are they activated?

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  • Cause an increase in insulin secretion and inhibit glucagon secretion
  • Activated after a meal
46
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What are the functions of insulin?

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  • Stimulates the uptake of glucose (via GLUT 4 transporter), fatty acids, and AAs by muscle and adipose tissue
  • Promotes storage of carbs, lipids, protein by increasing the activity of enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of glycogen, lipids, and protein
  • Inhibits expression or activity of enzymes that catalyze the catabolism of glycogen, lipids and proteins
47
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What is hyperinsulinemia? Where is it primarily seen? Consequences?

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  • A state of having too much insulin
  • Primarily seen in muscle and adipose tissue
    • muscle loses ability to stimulate glucose uptake
    • adipose tissue no longer inhibits FFAs
  • Increased blood glucose and FFA
48
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What is the primary tissue for glucose uptake?

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Skeletal muscle

49
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What can help muscles take up glucose in a non-insulin dependent manner?

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Exercise

50
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In a person w/ hyperinsulinemia, what organs retain insulin sensitivity? How?

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  • Liver and kidney
  • Not GLUT4 dependent –> use GLUT 2 transporters to uptake glucose
51
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What is the criteria for metabolic syndrome?

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Patient has at least 3 of the following 5 conditions:

  • Elevated waist circumference
  • Elevated triacylglycerols
  • Reduced HDL-C
  • Elevated BP
  • Elevated fasting glucose
52
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What is the primary treatment for all of the risk factors of metabolic syndrome?

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Weight loss

53
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What is the significance of central adipose?

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Very metabolically active tissue that puts out a lot of inflammatory molecules

54
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What is body mass index? Downfall? Equation?

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  • Measure of adiposity, but does not measure body fat
  • BMI = weight/height2
55
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What is anthropometry in regards to body composition?

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  • Study of human measurements
  • Calipers used as a tool to measure skin folds
56
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What is densitometry?

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  • Underwater weighing
  • Equations used to estimate bone density & ratio of lean:fat mass
57
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How does the air-displacement method measure body composition?

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Determines body volume

58
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How does absorptiometry measure body composition?

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Uses dual energy X-rays to measure bone density

59
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How does computerized tomography measure body composition?

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Creates images of cross sections of body

60
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List the different methods of measuring body composition.

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  • Anthropometry
  • Densitometry
  • Air-displacement (bod pod)
  • Bioelectrical impedance analysis
  • Absorptiometry
  • Computerized tomography
61
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What are the gender references for body composition? What distinguishes males from females?

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  • Male: more muscle than females
  • Female: more fat than males (15-30% body fat)
62
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Define energy balance.

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Energy intake - energy output

63
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What defines an energy imbalance?

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Weight gain or loss

64
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What defines energy intake?

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Sum of energy provided by all the food and beverages consumed and derived from the oxidation/breakdown of carbs, protein, fat, alcohols

65
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What defines energy output?

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Absorption, metabolism, and storage of nutrients in the food we eat and the energy we spend as we sustain life

66
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What are calories?

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Basic unit in nutrition that is used to measure energy in kcals

67
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What is a kcal?

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Amount of heat necesary to increase the temp of 1 L of water 1 °C

68
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What is bomb calorimetry? How does it work?

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  • Method used to measure the energy/calories in food
  • 1 g of dried food is combusted and the heat released is measured
69
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How much heat does 1 g of carbs release? Protein? Fat? Alcohol?

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  • Protein, carbs = 4 cal/g
  • Alcohol = 7 cal/g
  • Fat = 9 cal/g
70
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What does direct calorimetry measure?

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Dissipation of heat from the body

71
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What does indirect calorimetry measure?

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Measures consumption of O2 and expiration of CO2

72
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List the ways of assessing energy expenditure.

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  • Direct calorimetry
  • Indirect calorimetry
  • Harris-Benedict Equation
73
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What is basal metabolic rate? What % of daily energy output does this account for?

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  • Amount of calories necessary for homeostasis (energy expenditure for sustaining life)
  • ~ 60-70% of daily energy output
74
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What is resting energy expenditure? Equation? What % of daily energy output does each component account for?

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BMR + thermic effect of food + activity

  • TEF ~5-10%
  • Activity ~20-30%
75
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What is considered a “healthy” BMI range?

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19-24

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