FRHD 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, Iliac Crest, Adipose Tissue
17 Apr 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Increasing number of overweight and obese canadian now poses greatest threats to public health. As average weight increased, quest for thinness becomes national obsession. Overweight individuals often assume they would be happier and more successful in thinner bodies so they diet. Pop accounts for half the increase calorie intake. Restaurants and products have increased two to five times normal sizes. People who eat frequently at fast food restaurants gain more weight and develop metabolic abnormalities that increase risk of type 2 diabetes. Genes, hormones (insulin, and stress related epinephrine) may stimulate hunger. Size of fat cells may affect how hungry we feel. Learn to eat certain amount of food and stop when satisfied (reached satiety) Appetite (psychological desire to eat) easily led by temptation encourage overeating causing internal changes that increase appetite and our weight. Technology may increase weight by taking up time and increases food intake. Women"s weight before and during pregnancy influences child"s weight.
