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Obesity
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Undergraduate 4
03/14/2017

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Term
BMI
Definition
Body Mass Index
Term
BMI: Healthy Weight
Definition
20-24.9
Term
BMI: Overweight
Definition
25-29.9
Term
BMI: Obese
Definition
>30
Term
Central/Abdominal Adiposity
Definition
Excessive abdominal fat around the stomach
Term
Indirect Measure of Obesity
Definition
BMI because it does not measure amount of fat directly
Term
Direct Measure of Obesity
Definition
Skin fold test
Term
Energy Imbalance
Definition
Too much energy in food and not enough energy out
Term
Calories
Definition
1000 calories
Term
TEE
Definition
Total energy expenditures: all calories used in the day
Term
BMR
Definition
Basal metabolic weight: calories it takes to simply exist each day (majority of calories burned a day)
Term
Lean Body Mass
Definition
Total body weight - body weight made of fat
Term
Adaptive Thermogenesis
Definition
Regulating body weight and response to food intake
Term
Active Thermogenesis
Definition
Non-exercise activity and exercise activity
Term
Glycolysis
Definition
The break down of glucose to pyruvate
Term
Glycogenesis
Definition
When glucose is high glucose is turned into glycogen
Term
Glycogenolysis
Definition
Glucose is low and glycogen is turned into glucose-6-phosphate
Term
Gluconeogenesis
Definition
Low glucose causes pyruvate to move back through glycolysis to glucose-6-phosphate
Term
Glycogen
Definition
What glucose is stored as
Term
Lipolysis
Definition
Breakdown of fats and other lipids by hydrolysis to release fatty acids
Term
Lipogenesis
Definition
Metabolic formation of fat
Term
Ketogenesis
Definition
Production of ketone bodies by the breakdown of fatty acids and ketogenic amino acids
Term
Insulin
Definition
Produced by beta cells, released from pancreas in presence of raising sugar in the blood which interact with GLUT-4 which trigger the the cell taking up glucose
Term
Glucagon
Definition
Released by the pancreatic alpha cells in response to signal of liver, opposite of insulin, or promotes release of glucose
Term
CCK
Definition
Released by the duodenum and stimulates release of pancreatic juices and gall bladder bile, and stimulates the feeling of satiety
Term
GLP-1 and PYY
Definition
Signal fullness via vagal/vagus nerve, released by region at end of SI
Term
Leptin
Definition
Produced by cells storing fats, long term
Term
Ghrelin
Definition
Stomach signals the brain to induce hunger, short term hunger
Term
AMPK
Definition
Regulator, detects ATP and AMP balance, high ATP and ADP
Term
Fat storage and leptin
Definition
Fat stores up: Increase leptin
Fat stores down: Decrease leptin, losing inhibition of leptin
Term
Transient Ischemic Attack
Definition
Mini stroke, blood clots get stuck in somewhere, loses oxygen to area
Term
Glycemic Index
Definition
How fast carbohydrates metabolize
Term
High Index
Definition
Fast increase in blood sugar, simple carbs
Term
Low Index
Definition
Low increase in blood sugar, complex carbs
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