NSD 225 Final Exam
Prolactin - Answer-Stimulates milk production
Oxytocin - Answer-Stimulates let-down (release of milk)
Colostrum: first milk - Answer-- Thick, yellow fluid produced during late pregnancy and few days after
birth
- Contains antibodies, immune-system cells and Lactobacillus bifidus factor
- Provides protection to infant against infections
Facilitates the passage of 1st stool (meconium)
Anorexia Nervosa - Answer-- Self-starvation, a distorted body image, and abnormally low body weight
- Desire to be thin causes decreased food intake
- Overwhelming fear of gaining weight, even if already underweight
- Characterized by severe weight loss, amenorrhea, constipation, and restlessness
- Behaviors contribute to the maintenance of a body weight that is ≥ 15% below normal
- Affects about 1% of U.S. female adolescents
Bulimia Nervosa - Answer-- Consumption of a large amount of food at one time (binge eating) followed
by purging
- Powerful urges to overeat with a morbid fear of becoming fat
- Characterized by intense fear of becoming fat, negative body image, and distorted perception of body
size
- Behaviors include semi-starvation interrupted by periods of gorging followed by behaviors to eliminate
extra calories and prevent weight gain
, Binge-Eating Disorder - Answer-- Recurrent episodes of binge eating in the absence of purging behavior
- Engage in recurrent binge eating episodes but do not regularly engage in purging behaviors
- Most common eating disorder
Life Expectancy - Answer-- Average length of life for a population
- In the US = 77.9 years
Healthy life expectancy - Answer-Only about 70 years; on average, last 8 years restricted by disease and
disability
Aging - Answer-- Accumulation of changes associated with and responsible for an ever-increasing
susceptibility to disease and death
- Loss of cells and cell function occurs throughout life, but effects are not felt for many years because
organisms start with more cells and cell function than needed
- Reduced ability to repair damage and resist infection
Life span - Answer-- Maximum age to which members of a species can live
- Human = about 120 years
- How long individuals live and rate of aging determined by genes, lifestyle, and avoiding accidents,
disease, and environmental toxins
Famine - Answer-- Widespread lack of food access resulting from a disaster
- Caused by drought, flood, crop destruction, wars, civic conflict
Nutrition Transition - Answer-- A series of changes in diet, physical activity, health and nutrition that
occurs as poor countries become more prosperous
Prolactin - Answer-Stimulates milk production
Oxytocin - Answer-Stimulates let-down (release of milk)
Colostrum: first milk - Answer-- Thick, yellow fluid produced during late pregnancy and few days after
birth
- Contains antibodies, immune-system cells and Lactobacillus bifidus factor
- Provides protection to infant against infections
Facilitates the passage of 1st stool (meconium)
Anorexia Nervosa - Answer-- Self-starvation, a distorted body image, and abnormally low body weight
- Desire to be thin causes decreased food intake
- Overwhelming fear of gaining weight, even if already underweight
- Characterized by severe weight loss, amenorrhea, constipation, and restlessness
- Behaviors contribute to the maintenance of a body weight that is ≥ 15% below normal
- Affects about 1% of U.S. female adolescents
Bulimia Nervosa - Answer-- Consumption of a large amount of food at one time (binge eating) followed
by purging
- Powerful urges to overeat with a morbid fear of becoming fat
- Characterized by intense fear of becoming fat, negative body image, and distorted perception of body
size
- Behaviors include semi-starvation interrupted by periods of gorging followed by behaviors to eliminate
extra calories and prevent weight gain
, Binge-Eating Disorder - Answer-- Recurrent episodes of binge eating in the absence of purging behavior
- Engage in recurrent binge eating episodes but do not regularly engage in purging behaviors
- Most common eating disorder
Life Expectancy - Answer-- Average length of life for a population
- In the US = 77.9 years
Healthy life expectancy - Answer-Only about 70 years; on average, last 8 years restricted by disease and
disability
Aging - Answer-- Accumulation of changes associated with and responsible for an ever-increasing
susceptibility to disease and death
- Loss of cells and cell function occurs throughout life, but effects are not felt for many years because
organisms start with more cells and cell function than needed
- Reduced ability to repair damage and resist infection
Life span - Answer-- Maximum age to which members of a species can live
- Human = about 120 years
- How long individuals live and rate of aging determined by genes, lifestyle, and avoiding accidents,
disease, and environmental toxins
Famine - Answer-- Widespread lack of food access resulting from a disaster
- Caused by drought, flood, crop destruction, wars, civic conflict
Nutrition Transition - Answer-- A series of changes in diet, physical activity, health and nutrition that
occurs as poor countries become more prosperous
