Nutrition chapter 8, 9, 10 – Flashcards
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Arthritis, gallbladder disease, heart disease
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Having excess body fat increases a persons risk of development. Which of the following diseases?
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Bioelectric
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What measures an electric current traveling through the body and is used to determine body composition?
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Lean body mass
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What is the body mass attributed to non fat body component such as bone, muscle and internal organs
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Exchange lists
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Which of the following common dieting methods would most likely promote long term weight loss?
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Binge eating disorder
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What Is the most common eating disorder?
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Appetite
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The desire to consume specific foods is called
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Higher, lower
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Processed foods are generally ________ in sodium and _______ in potassium than unprocessed foods
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Running, walking, biking, rock climbing, weight lifting
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Give 5 examples of physical activities which are "weight bearing"?
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Parathyroid
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Primary regulator of Ca+ level
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Aldosterone hormone
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Increases Na+ reabsorption
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Goiter
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Enlarged thyroid gland
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Calcitonin hormone
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Brings Ca+ level down
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Electrolyte
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A positively or negatively charged ion that conducts an electrical current in solution
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Osmosis
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The movement of water through selectively permeable membrane
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Dehydration
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Occurs when water loss exceeds water intake
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Osteoporosis
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Disease characterized by low bone mineral density that results in susceptibility to fractured
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Hemoglobin
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Transports oxygen
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Non-heme iron
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Iron provided from plant sources
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Myoglobin
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Muscle protein
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Hemochromatosis
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Genetic conditions where body absorbs excess iron
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Gastric bonding involves surgically placing an adjustable band around the upper part of the stomach creating a small pouch
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Explain what happens in the surgery
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Because adjustable gastric bonding limits amount of food that can be consumed and gastric bypass
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Why is food intake reduced as a result of this surgery?
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Gastric bypass entails short-term surgical risks and a long-term of nitrient deficiencies, particularly of vitamins B12, folate, calcium and iron is the absorption of these nutrients is reduced
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How is nutrients absorption affected?
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BMI
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A measure of body weight relative to height to compare body size with a standard
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BMR
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The rate of energy expenditure under resting conditions and is measured after 12 hours without food or exercise
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TEF
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The energy required for the digestion of food and absorption, metabolism, and storage of nutrients
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NEAT
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The energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating or sports-like exercise
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Basal metabolism
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The energy expended to maintain an awake l, resting body that is not digesting food
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EER
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The average dietary energy intake that is predicted to maintain energy balance in healthy, normal weight individuals
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Leptin hormone
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Is better at preventing weight loss than at preventing weight gain
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Ghrelin hormone
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Is released by the stomach and increases the appetite
