KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Weight Loss, Glycemic Index, Low-Density Lipoprotein
18 Nov 2016
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Weight loss industry: multi-million dollar business in canada, low calorie food products, millions of canadians are trying to lose weight, women in particular are concerned with being overweight. Many people don"t enjoy exercise especially those who are overweight struggle to exercise and feel self- conscience. Grehlin is sent from the stomach to the brain to indicate that you are hungry. Once you start to eat and your stomach stretches the two hormones leptin and pyy to indicate that your stomach stretched but it takes about 20 mins. It is important to eat slow in order to know when you are full: if you wait too long to eat you might binge and make bad choices. Key role in regulating appetite (decrease) and metabolism (increase) Only a few dozen cases in the world who are deficient of leptin. Constantly hungry with chronic excessive eating (hyperphagia) Fighting over food, hoarding food, and eating in secret.
