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methods of determining ideal weight - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-height-weight tables
-body mass index
-waist circumference
-skinfold thickness
-body density by hydrostatic weighing
-whole body electrical impedance
-dual energy x-ray absorptiometry
-cat scan / mri
causes of obesity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-metabolic factors
,-leptin
-family factor
-energy balance
-psychological and cultural factors
problems with fad diets - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. disguise for low calorie diet
2. loss of body water
3. not nutritionally balanced
4. too severe a reduction in caloric intake
5. lower the basal metabolic rate (so gain weight)
6. cannot be maintained long term
anorexia nervosa - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔inability to maintain body weight within
15% of ideal weight, intense fear of getting fat, distorted body image, denial
or lack of insight into the cause and seriousness of the weight loss
medical risks of anorexia nervosa - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔fatigue, insomnia, hair
loss, loss of period, intolerance to cold, constipation, osteoporosis, low
blood pressure, fainting and irregular heart beat.
, bullemia nervosa - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔episodes of binge eating followed by
purging with self induced vomiting or laxatives. during a binge person feels
out of control, afterwards individual feels physically and emotionally drained
and disgusted
medical risks of bulemia nervosa - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stomach acid in vomit
erodes tooth enamel, damage to stomach / esophagus, dehydration and
disturbed body electrolyte balance can cause irregular heartbeat and
death.
guidelines for sound weight control - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. physical activity
2. diet
3. eating habits
4. social support
body mass index - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔body mass / height - uses easily
attainable data to provide range of healthy weights
obesity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a gross excess 20-30% of body weight or body fat
overfat - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the state of exceeding one's recommended
percentage of body fat by a certain margin
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