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PSC 126 Exam 3 Questions And VerifiedAnswers Latest Update
what % of U.S. population is overweight - Answer 68%
how much fat constitutes women's BMI - Answer 20-27%
obesity - BMI - Answer over 30
risks of obesity - Answer - mortality rates of all cancers especially cancers of digestive
tract (colon, rectum, esophagus, and multiple myeloma)
- cardiovascular disease
- atherosclerosis
- hypertension
- type 2 diabetes
- heart dailure
multiple myeloma - Answer cancer of plasma cells
weight stigma - Answer - being shamed by health professions
- negative attitude towards obese people
- has increased in past decade
obesogenic environment - Answer environment that promotes gaining weight and not to
weight loss
, US is what place for highest rate of overweight and obesity in world - Answer 12th
highest
yo-yo dieting - Answer - successive cycles of dieting and weight gain
- gain more weight if dieting stops
improves the utilization of food lowers metabolic rate set point theory of weight -
Question every person has a biologically ideal weight cannot be changed much 2 key
hormones involved in the biological regulation of eating- Answer leptin and ghrelin leptin
- Question decreases appetite, signals you when you've had enough produced by fat
cells ghrelin - Question enhances appetite, signals you when you need more stomach
produces
obesity in childhood - Answer - genetics
- forceful feeding study
- sedentary lifestyle
stress eating - Answer practice of eating in response to stress
anorexia nervosa - Answer - self starvation
- causes are: genetic factors, environmental factors, dysregulated HPA axis,
personality, family interactions
treating anorexia - Answer - cognitive behavioral approaches
- family therapy
prevention of anorexia - Answer - addressing social norms
- addressing health risks of disorders
- urging people to accept treatments
bulimia - Answer - binge eating and purging
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