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| define set point metabolic rate |
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| the point at which an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight |
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| define basic metabolic rate. |
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| the body's resting rate of energy expenditure |
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| when a person's weight rises above his or her set point, does hunger decrease or increase? |
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| decreases and energy increases |
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| differentiate between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. |
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Anorexia nervosa: an eating disorder in which a person maintains a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight.
bulimia nervosa: an eating disorder in which a person alternates binge eating with purging, fasting, or excessive exercise. |
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| discuss familial characteristics of people with anorexia. |
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| starving themselves, think they are fat |
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| over the past fifty years, have women in Western cultures experienced an increase or decrease in satisfaction with their bodies? |
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| has the incidence of eating disorders increase or decreased. |
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| the health risks associated with obesity are generally the greatest for those who carry their excess weight around with part of their body? |
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| their stomachs (midsection) |
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| new research has linked woman's obesity to the risk of which late-life disease? |
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| be familiar with the social effects of obesity |
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| stereo types (slow, lazy, sloppy) |
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| discuss the relationship between the dramatic and prolonged reduction of daily caloric intake and metabolic rate. |
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| dramatic body goes into starvation mode and slows metabalism, easily gained. Prolonged will deflate fat cells and prevent new growth. |
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| why does further weight loss come more slowly following early rapid losses or a rigorous diet? |
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| do people tend to overestimate or underestimate their physical activity? |
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| do they overestimate or underestimate their caloric intake? |
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| does TV watching correlate with obesity? |
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| discuss factors that have led to the increase in obesity in the U.S. since the 1900's |
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| be familiar with the section of the text entitled, "realistic goals" and "Waist Management." |
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| maintain healthy wait, exercise healthy diet |
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| waht advice would you give to someone who wanted to lose weight? |
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| exercise regularly and change diet. lifestyle changes |
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| define the feel-good, do-good effect |
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| (finding money)feel good experience makes people more likely to give money,l pick up someone's dropped papers, volunteer time, and do other good deeds. |
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| over the long run, do negative events(car crash) tend to have a prolonged effect on happiness? |
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| do positive events (lottory winning) have prolonged effects on happiness. |
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| do children of affluence have a greater than normal, average, or lower than normal risk of substance abuse, anxiety, and de |
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| during the last four decades, has the buying power of Americans decreased or increased? |
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| has self-reported happiness increased or decreased? |
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| summarize why money can't buy happiness |
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happiness is temporary like winning the lotto/
adaptation-level phenomenon: our tendency to form judgements relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience.
relative deprivation: the perception that we are worse off relative to those whit whom we compare ourselves |
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| summarize why money can't buy happiness |
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| what are predictors of happiness. |
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| high self esteem, optimistic, outoing, agreeable, close friends, satisfying marriage. work and leisure that engage their skills, have a meaningful religious faith, sleep well and exercise. |
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| be familiar with the section of the text entitled, "Want to be Happier?" |
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