PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Leptin, Thematic Apperception Test, Attachment Theory
8 Mar 2019
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Fat people are no more or less emotionally disturbed that average-weight people. Biological mechanism: set point: the weight you stay at when you are not trying to gain or lose, varies 10% either way. Metabolism: rate you burn calories for energy, skinny people ate 1000 extra calories, then found they paced a lot more. Brown fat = energy burning type of fat, lacking in obese people. Genes involved in obesity, and predispositions to weight gains in families. Over half of americans are obese, nearly half of canadians overweight: being overweight costs 1. 8$ billion in healthcare in 1994. Bulimia: person binges and then purges by vomiting or laxatives. Anorexia: person hardly eats and becomes dangerously thin, have distorted bodies, think they"re fat. Others: some binge without purging, others chew food but don"t swallow it, others are too scared to eat enough because of gaining weight.
