HUN 2201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Weight Loss, Laxative, Leptin
3 Apr 2016
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> 115 million people in 2008, 32 states had an adult obesity prevalence rate of more than 25% the longer a person stays obese, the more likely they are to stay obese for the rest of their lives. Insuicient energy reserves to withstand medical stress of infecious diseases. Related health care costs are more than health care costs from smoking. Obesity is related to chronic inlammaion, which contributes to chronic diseases. Abdominal fat acivates genes that code for proteins involved in inlammaion. Obese person 3x more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Visceral fat cells appear larger and more insulin resistant than lower-body fat cells. it and fat vs. sedentary and slim. Lean body mass = mass of non fat body parts. Body weight = weight of fat and lean body mass. 2/3 of adults in the us have a bmi = >25 (overweight or obese) However, this does not account for weight as fat or muscle.
