NSD 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Gastric Bypass Surgery, Liposuction, Body Mass Index
18 Jan 2014
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Adjustable gastric banding: limits amount of food that can be consumed. Amenorrhea: delayed onset of menstruation or the absence of three or more consecutive menstrual cycles. Anorexia nervosa: eating disorder characterized by self-starvation, a distorted body image, and abnormally low body weight. Appetite: desire to consume specific foods that is independent of hunger. Basal metabolism: energy expended to maintain an awake, resting body that is not digesting food. Basal metabolic rate: rate of energy expenditure under resting conditions. Measured after 12 hours without food or exercise. Behavior modification: process that is used to gradually and permanently change habitual behaviors. Binge-eating disorder: eaintg disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating in the absence of purgin behavior. Body image: the way a person perceives and imagines his or her body. Body mass index: measure of body weight relative to height that is used to compare body size with a standard.
