Chapter 9 Energy Balance and Body Weight Flashcards
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What is body composition?
Proportions of muscle, bone, fat and other tissues that make up a person’s total body weight.
What is more important than controlling for body weight?
Controlling for body composition
T or F, we can control our weight?
F, We can control behaviours, not weight.
When are people who are underweight most at risk? x3
- During Famine
- When Hospitalized
- When fighting a disease (die from starvation not disease)
T or F, Too little body fat is a wide spread problem in Canada?
False, Obesity is the problem
Underweight people often have the problems? x4
- Undernutrition
- Osteoporosis
- Infertility
- Impaired Immunocompetence
How may underweight people benefit from gaining weight? x2
-Energy Reserve
-Reserves of nutrients that can be stored
What are the problems associated with overweight/obesity? x7
- T2D
- Dyslipidemia
- Hypertension
- CHD
- Gallbladder Disease
- Sleep Apnea
- Certain Cancer
What are the most common diseases associated with obesity?
- Hypertensions
- Diabetes
- Heart Disease
What contributes to more preventable diseases and premature death?
Tobacco
What is Central Obesity?
Visceral fat is the fat that collects deep within the central abdominal area of the body
What does visceral fat increase the risk of?
-Diabetes
-Stroke
-Hypertension
-Coronary artery disease
Why is visceral fat bad?
Readily released into the blood stream
What is the worst place to hold fat, most increased risk?
Central Obesity
What is subcutaneous fat?
Fat just below the skin
(Abdomen, thighs, hips, legs)
Who is most prone to central obesity (apple shape)? x4
- Males and Females postmenopausal
2.Smokers - Moderate to high alc. users
- Low PA
What is the pear shape?
Females are more prone to carrying fat around hips and thighs prior to menopause.
How to measure Bodyweight/Fat Assesment?
- BMI kg/m2
2.Waist Circumference
3.Disease risk profile
What does BMI correlate to? x2
- Degree of body fatness and disease risk
What does waist cirumference coorelated to?
Reflects the amount of visceral fatness
What is Disease risk profile correlated to?
-Hypertension, Diabetes, High Cholesterol
-The more risk factors, the greater the obesity
-The more significant the body fatness and the higher the disease profile the greater the risk
How to calculate BMI?
Weight (in KG) / Height (M2, take hight in m and square it)
How may pounds (lbs) in a Kg?
2.2 lbs = 1 Kg
How many times to move decimal over cm to M?
twice to right