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Leptin Resistance
Receptors in hypothalamus beckme defective
Obese people have increase leptin levels
Weight gain ______ leptin concentration
Increases
Why do obese people develop leptin resistance?
Obesity results in high levels of leptin that will cause a lack of sensitivity to leptin.
Visceral Fat
Fat pack between internal organs
Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL
enzyme that promotes fat storage in adipose and muscle tissue
LPL hydrolyzes ______ in bloodstream?
Triglycerides (TG)
LPL directs TG parts to fat cells for reassembly and storage thus _________
Increasing fat cells
In women, LPL is more active in _____________________________
In men?
Hips Breast Thighs
Abdomen
LPL increase during?
, Weight loss
LPL regulated by gender specific hormones
Testosterone
Estrogen
Reasons why it's difficult for an obese person to maintain weight loss:
-LPL increases during weight loss
-energy expenditure decreases after weight loss
Set point theory
We live sedentary lifestyles
Requires long life long adherence to
Gherlin
hunger hormone, found in stomach and hypothalamus
Triggers desire to eat.
Gherlin hormone increases when stomach is?
Can be triggered by ?
Empty
Smell of good food
Overweight people have ______ levels of Gherlin
Low levels
Obesity and Genes
Obesity susceptibility gene associated with measures of adiposity.
Metabolic pathway
Hunger
Associated with higher BMI
Answers
Leptin Resistance
Receptors in hypothalamus beckme defective
Obese people have increase leptin levels
Weight gain ______ leptin concentration
Increases
Why do obese people develop leptin resistance?
Obesity results in high levels of leptin that will cause a lack of sensitivity to leptin.
Visceral Fat
Fat pack between internal organs
Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL
enzyme that promotes fat storage in adipose and muscle tissue
LPL hydrolyzes ______ in bloodstream?
Triglycerides (TG)
LPL directs TG parts to fat cells for reassembly and storage thus _________
Increasing fat cells
In women, LPL is more active in _____________________________
In men?
Hips Breast Thighs
Abdomen
LPL increase during?
, Weight loss
LPL regulated by gender specific hormones
Testosterone
Estrogen
Reasons why it's difficult for an obese person to maintain weight loss:
-LPL increases during weight loss
-energy expenditure decreases after weight loss
Set point theory
We live sedentary lifestyles
Requires long life long adherence to
Gherlin
hunger hormone, found in stomach and hypothalamus
Triggers desire to eat.
Gherlin hormone increases when stomach is?
Can be triggered by ?
Empty
Smell of good food
Overweight people have ______ levels of Gherlin
Low levels
Obesity and Genes
Obesity susceptibility gene associated with measures of adiposity.
Metabolic pathway
Hunger
Associated with higher BMI
