CHEM 181 Lecture 7: Lecture 7- Weight Control

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Average weight for: men in 1960- 166 lbs. Imagination diet- imagining eating foods and seeing if you craze them less. Abdominal obesity is worse for the body, fat is metabolically more active, release load of tryglycerides into the bloodstream more readily than other areas. Beer belly- independent risk factor for stroke + heart disease. The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by one degree celsius. Metabolism: the energy consumption by biochemical processes, we have no control over. Energy required to digest food, make lungs function, brain function. Amount of energy needed to keep you alive for 24 hours when not expending energy. Value of exercise lies in conditioning your cardiovascular system and altering your bmr. Setpoint= bmr is the same as a normal person. Body resists cutting calories, it wants to maintain setpoint. If you are overweight it will be a struggle.

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