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psc 126 exam 3 Exam with completesolutions 2024/2025
what percentage of U.S. population is overweight - ANSWER-68%
how much fat constitutes women's BMI - ANSWER-20-27%
obesity - BMI - ANSWER-BMI 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
- enhances efficiency of food use
- lowers metabolic rate
set point theory of weight - ANSWER-each individual has an ideal biological
weight - can't be greatly modified
2 important hormones in biological regulation of eating - ANSWER-leptin and
ghrelin
leptin - ANSWER-- stops appetite, tells you when your full
- secreted by fat cells
ghrelin - ANSWER-- hunger hormone
- secreted by stomach cells
causes of 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
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