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psc 126 exam 3 Study Guide with Complete Solutions what percentage of U.S. population is overweight - Answer-68% how much fat constitutes women's BMI - Answer-20-27% obesity - BMI - Answer-BMI over 30 risks of obesity - Answer-- mortality rates of all cancers especially cancers of digestive t...

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psc 126 exam 3 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
what percentage of U.S. population is overweight - Answer✔✔-68%

how much fat constitutes women's BMI - Answer✔✔-20-27%

obesity - BMI - Answer✔✔-BMI over 30

risks of obesity - Answer✔✔-- mortality rates of all cancers especially cancers of

digestive tract (colon, rectum, esophagus, and multiple myeloma)

- cardiovascular disease

- atherosclerosis

- hypertension

- type 2 diabetes

- heart dailure

multiple myeloma - Answer✔✔-cancer of plasma cells

weight stigma - Answer✔✔-- being shamed by health professions

- negative attitude towards obese people

- has increased in past decade

obesogenic environment - Answer✔✔-environment that promotes gaining weight and

not to weight loss

US is what place for highest rate of overweight and obesity in world - Answer✔✔-12th

highest

yo-yo dieting - Answer✔✔-- successive cycles of dieting and weight gain

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- gain more weight if dieting stops

- enhances efficiency of food use

- lowers metabolic rate

set point theory of weight - Answer✔✔-each individual has an ideal biological weight -

can't be greatly modified

2 important hormones in biological regulation of eating - Answer✔✔-leptin and ghrelin

leptin - Answer✔✔-- stops appetite, tells you when your full

- secreted by fat cells

ghrelin - Answer✔✔-- hunger hormone

- secreted by stomach cells

causes of obesity in childhood - Answer✔✔-- genetics

- forceful feeding study

- sedentary lifestyle

stress eating - Answer✔✔-practice of eating in response to stress

anorexia nervosa - Answer✔✔-- self starvation

- causes are: genetic factors, environmental factors, dysregulated HPA axis,

personality, family interactions

treating anorexia - Answer✔✔-- cognitive behavioral approaches

- family therapy

prevention of anorexia - Answer✔✔-- addressing social norms

- addressing health risks of disorders

- urging individuals to accept treatments

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