Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Unhealthy eating habits
- BMI
- Body mass index (BMI) is a
measure of body fat based
on your weight in relation to
your height, and applies to
most adult men and women
aged 20 and over.
- Normal BMI: 18.5-24.9 kg/m2
- Overweight: 25-29.9 kg/m2
- Obese: starting from 30+ kg/m2
- Obesity
- Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or
excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health.
- Epidemeology
- WHO Regions of the Americas (62% for
overweight in both sexes, and 26% for obesity)
- WHO Region for South East Asia (14%
overweight in both sexes and 3% for obesity).
- Types
- Causes
- Complications
- Respiratory
- sleep apnea; asthma; breathlessness
- Immune system
- inflammation; lowered immunity
- Digestive system
- GERD; gallbladder disease & gallstones; eating disorders
- CVS
- heart attack; elevated cholesterol/atherosclerosis; abnormal heart
rhythms; hypertension; peripheral vascular disease; stroke
- Energy expenditure
and food intake
- “Energy balance” is the relationship between “energy in” (food
calories taken into the body through food and drink) and
“energy out” (calories being used in the body for our daily
energy requirements).
- Physiology of hunger
- Hunger
- Craving for food because of the need for energy
- No mechanism to
inhibit hunger
- Appetite
- Desire for food
(want to eat) of a
particular type
- Neuronal control of food intake
- Anatomy of the liver
- Histology
- Liver
- Functions
- Bile production (bile
important in fat digestion)
- Storage of minerals
and vitamines
- Detoxification
- Convert wastes to
kidneys for excretion
- Management
- Phenteramine
- Topiramte/phentiramine
- Lorcaserin
- Liraglutide
- Natrexone/bupropion
- Gastric banding surgery
- In gastric banding surgery, no part of the stomach is
removed .Either staples or a band are used to separate
the stomach into two parts, one of which is a very
small pouch that can hold about one ounce of food
- Manopause
- Signs and symptoms
- Hot flashes
- Night sweats
- Sleep problems
- Mood changes
- Definition
- The time that marks the
end of the menstrual cycle
- Diagnosed if 12 months
without a menstrual period
- Causes
- Natural decline in reproductive hormones
- Hysterectomy
- Chemotherapy or irradiation