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PSC 126 M3 (HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ELABORATIONS!!
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PSC 126 M3 (HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY) QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS ELABORATIONS!!
What is the definition of obesity? Answers :BMI over 30
What are the health outcomes correlated with obesity? Answers :Mortality rates for all cancers (especially for ones related to the digestive tract)
CVD
atherosclerosis
HTN
T2DM
Heart failure
increases risk in surgery
lowers drive to exercise
stigma leads to avoiding health care, can cause psych/social/economic stress
What is weight stigma? Answers :Negative attitudes towards obese persons
What do people assume about weight stigma? Answers :Justifiable because wt is in ones control (no its not)
Think its useful tool to motivate people to lose wt (its not)
What is an obesogenic environment? Answers :Environments that promote gaining wt and not conducive to wt loss What is the prevalence of overweight individuals in the U.S? Answers :68%
What is the prevalence of obesity in the US? Answers :40%
What was the results of the NHANES study comparing home prepared meals, fast food meals and full service restaurants? Answers :Fast food/restaurants have similar kcal
at home lower kcal
Same trends with cholesterol, Na
What is the effectiveness of dieting? Answers :Not supper great, most who diet to lose wt regain it w/in 5 years
What are the risk for future weight gain? Answers :Tend to actually gain more wt than original wt before diet
What is yoyo dieting? Answers :Successive cycles of dieting and wt gain
What does yoyo dieting lead to? Answers :enhances efficiency of food use
lowers metabolic rate
What is the set point theory of weight? Answers :Each indv has an ideal biological wt which can not be greatly modified
What is leptin? Answers :Satiety hormone that inhibits appetite
secreted by fat cells
What is ghrelin? Answers :hunger hormone, stimulate appetite
secreted by specialized cells in the stomach
What are the childhood causes for obesity? Answers :genetics
forceful feeding style
sedentary lifestyle
*depends on the number/size of an indv's fat cells; # set in childhood*
What factors influence obesity across development? Answers :Socioeconomic status and food insecurity
Depression
Personality (impulsivity)
Social influence from peers and friends
Stress
What are the preventive measures for childhood obesity? Answers :Training parents on sensible meal planning and eating habits
changing lifestyles at a young age
social engineering strategies
school based interventions
What has the highest disability and mortality rates of all behavioral disorders? Answers :Eating disorders
What is the difference between anorexia and bulimia? Answers :AN: obsessive disorder amounting to self starvation; wt below optimum level
BN: alternating cycles of binge eating and purging
What are the causes of anorexia? Answers :Genetic factors (genes related to serotonin, dopamine, estrogen systems)
Interactions between genetic and environmental factors
Dysregulated stress systems
Personality characteristics
Family interaction patterns
What are treatments for anorexia? Answers :CBT approaches
Family therapy
What are the causes of bulimia? Answers :(many)
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