KP231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Weight Gain, Gallbladder Disease, Externality
24 Apr 2017
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Healthy weight: weight management in canada, weight management is a very significant issue facing canadians today. Increased incidence of obesity: due to increased availability of fast foods, eating disorder are also on the rise, due to media"s portrayal, both can contribute to disease development. Any disorder of nutrition : may result from, an unbalanced diet, insufficient or excessive diet. How is weight measured: body composition model, the body is divided into two components: fat mass (fm) and fat-free mass (ffm, ffm is comprised of tissues (water), muscles (protein), and bone (mineral, men. Ideal weight is a total body fat of 11-15: women. Identified centers for eating control located within the hypothalamus of the cns: monitor factors regarding food intake, role of drugs and the cna in controlling food consumption. In past, thought that obesity resulted from glandular problems underactive thyroid (hypothyroid)
