NUTR 2050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Insulin Pump, Glycated Hemoglobin, Glucose Tolerance Test
4 Apr 2013
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Increased blood glucose, high c-reactive protein levels, increased blood. Chronic inflammation, free radical generation, and oxidative stress. They both cause increase in blood clot, plaque formation, and impaired blood. Chapter 5: nutrition during pregnancy: conditions and interventions. Increased risk of these disorders is associated with unfavourable metabolic changes: concentration, insulin resistance, increased blood pressure, high blood levels of total cholesterol, ldl cholesterol, and triglycerides, low levels of hdl. Obesity correlates with visceral fat-which is fat that lies beneath the skin and muscles---decreases disease because it is more metabolically active. Greater than 140 mm hg systolic and 90 mm hg diastolic. Numbers over 160/110 either or both increased in fetal death, fetal growth retardation, and preterm delivery. Can be affected from the amount of sodium intake. Women with this disorder are at greater risk for hypertension and strokes. Tend to be overweight, obese, or have excess fat.
