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Details Title: nutrition Description: obesity test Total Flash Cards: 30 Created: 11/19/2003 18:25:44	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term essential fat and storage fat Definition male 3% female 12% Term why women have more essential fat than men Definition child birth Term normal body fat m/w Definition m- 15% w-27% Term athletic prepubescent girl w/body fat lower than 17% Definition oligomenorrhea Term 3 ways of assessing body fat Definition fat folds,circumference,hydrostatic weighting Term how can fat gain be slowed or stopped Definition active lifestyle Term criteria for obesity in men and women Definition 20% men 30% women Term how many adipocytes in normal person Definition 27 billion Term common way adults gain fat mass Definition hypertrophy Term when individual develops fat cells during life Definition 3rd trimester preg 1st year of life adolesense Term how many cal are reduced daily in sensible diet Definition 500-1000 Term why most initial weight lost in diet is water Definition lose solutes come w/ water dilute salts in water Term what happens to most ppl after obese people lose weight Definition 1 yr 1/3- 2/3 gain back 5 yrs all gain back if not more Term set point theory Definition internal control with in hypothalamus Term yo yo diet Definition repeated weight loss cycles Term why water is most weight loss in ketogenic diets Definition lost key tones lose water water dilutes solutes Term how cal correspond to loss lb Definition 3500 Term why most obese ppl but weight back on after diets Definition yo yo diets dont comit to lifestyle change Term 22% body fat or lower Definition amenorrhea Term average american last 15 yrs Definition increase wt by 8 lb 1 in 5 children obese increase 45% Term obesity Definition children dont grow out of obesity Term west Definition over 35 yr old male gains 1/2-2lb per year until 60. despite food intake 14% females 25-34 gain 30 lb Term physical activity Definition inverse to body fat Term health risk , weight , fat Definition excess fat, not body weight, that drives relationship between weight and heart disease Term hypertrophy Definition size adiposcytes Term hyperplasia Definition # adipocytes Term mass of fat cells increase 2 ways Definition gets larger develops more cells Term weight control Definition caloric intake exceeds output then excess is stored as lipid Term guidelines for weight loss programs Definition start slowly regulate exercise 45 mins 3 x a week burn 300 cal lifestyle change Term weight loss weight gain Definition yo yo diet- repeated weight loss gain weight more rapidly most weight lost is water ( lose solutes , which come from water, dilute salts in water) after 1 yr 1/3-2/3 ppl gain weight back after 5 yr all gained if not more