NSD 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8&9: Heme, Offal, Potassium Iodide
18 Jan 2014
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Adjustable gastric banding: limits amount of food that can be consumed. Age-related bone loss: bone loss that occurs in both men and women as they advance in age (279) Amenorrhea: delayed onset of menstruation or the absence of three or more consecutive menstrual cycles. Anorexia nervosa: eating disorder characterized by self-starvation, a distorted body image, and abnormally low body weight. Antidiuretic hormone (adh): signals the kidneys to reabsorb water, reducing amount lost in urine. Appetite: desire to consume specific foods that is independent of hunger. Basal metabolism: energy expended to maintain an awake, resting body that is not digesting food. Basal metabolic rate: rate of energy expenditure under resting conditions. Measured after 12 hours without food or exercise. Behavior modification: process that is used to gradually and permanently change habitual behaviors. Binge-eating disorder: eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating in the absence of purging behavior.
