NUSCTX 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cannabinoid, Zone Diet, Glycogen
1 Nov 2016
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Often stated that obesity is state of energy imbalance (intake>expenditure) Weight remains relatively stable even with different energy intakes and weight gains. Exercise fights against the body: you gain or lose weight until the energy expenditure is the same. Prediction of who gains weight: siblings with different energy expenditure. Treatment of obesity: why diets almost always fail: easy to lose weight; hard to maintain. Characteristics of individuals with long-term maintenance of weight loss: 400 calories of physical exercise (4 miles a day, less energy dense and low fat diets. Alternatives to gaining weight for achieving energy balance: healthy and unhealthy. Good are responding to starvation, not obesity. Interventions that have been tried to overcome adaptive changes. Thyroid hormone replacement (t3 falls: increases energy expenditure, lose muscle not fat, makes you weaker. Brown fat (if we have it: brown fat is fat meant to burn calories.
