Chapter 26 Flashcards
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This is secreted from the stomach when empty to produce the sensation of hunger?
Ghrelin
What are the three short-term regulators of appetite?
Ghrelin
Peptide YY
Cholecystokinin
Secreted from the ileum and colon too signal satiety and terminate eating?
Peptide YY
Secreted from the duodenum and Jejunum to produce an appetite suppressant effect?
Cholecystokinin (CCK)
These activate mechanisms for adding or reducing fat?
Long term regulators of appetite
Secreted from adipocytes in proportion to one’s fat stores and informs the brain how much body fat we have?
Leptin
Secreted from the pancreas and informs the brain of the body’s fat stores?
Insulin
Where do the hormones have receptors to regulate appetite?
The hypothalamus
Hunger is also stimulated by?
Gastric peristalsis
When do hunger contractions begin?
Soon after the stomach is emptied
What is considered obesity?
Greater than 20% of the recommended Norm
In the USA what percentage of adults are obese? What percentage of adults are overweight?
30% are obese
35% are overweight
What is obesity determined by?
It is determined by our BMI (kg/m2)
Excessive weight increases risk of what diseases?
Athersclerosis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, joint pain, kidney stones, and cancers
Consumption of excess calories in childhood causes ______________ to increase in size and number?
Adipocytes
In adults Adipocytes do not multiply but what happens to the cell?
The cell size changes
A measure of the capacity to do biological work?
Calorie
The amount of heat that will raise 1 g of water 1°C?
1 calorie
One kilocalorie or Calorie equals how many calories?
1000 calories
Carbohydrates and proteins yield how many kilocalories per gram? Fats yield how many kilocalories per gram?
4 kcal/g
9 kcal/g
Any ingested chemical use for growth, repair, or maintenance?
Nutrients
Ingested chemicals Consumed in large quantities
Macronutrients
Ingested chemicals where only small quantities are required?
Micronutrients
These chemicals must be included in the diet?
Essential nutrients