ANT100Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Reston Virus, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Bianca Dahl

Document Summary

Chronic diseases- lecture 12: long-term stress activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (hpa) axis, there is chronic release of stress hormones (glucocorticoids; cortisol is the most important of these) Immediate, short-term stress triggers the fight or flight response. Blood is diverted to lungs, away from internal organs like stomach and intestines. You appear calm outwardly but inwardly you are anxious, aroused. As people from countries with low obesity move to the west (ex. Increased sedentism (staying in one place for a long time without much moving: toxic environment , heavily processed, high-fat foods low in nutrition, advertising for above, example: over the past 30 years, the price of fruit has increased. Samoa air just announced they will charge passengers by weight: the problem is, large goals are overwhelming, may lead to bingeing behaviour, are less sustainable over the long-term, set up unrealistic expectations.