Causes
The root cause of obesity on a basic level
What is consuming more calories than your body can use?
The effect of disabilities such as intellectual/developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, and Down syndrome on obesity
How can these disabilities cause an increase in susceptibility to obesity?
The best ways to prevent obesity
What is diet and exercise?
The role leptin plays in obesity and appetite
What hormone is responsible for making you feel full?
Definition of a hyperactive thyroid?
What does it mean to metabolize food quicker?
Behaviours that can cause obesity
What is overeating and a lack of exercise?
The effects of certain medications on weight gain
How do meds increase weight gain by either making you hungrier or storing food for longer in your body?
The amount of sleep you should get to ensure your body correctly regulates hormones that control hunger urges
How much is at least 7 hours every day?
The role of adipocytes
What stores energy as fat in blood?
Definition of a hypoactive thyroid?
What does it mean to metabolism food slower?
The process when your body has excess calories
What is your body converts extra calories to lipids, and then stores them as fat?
The role genetics play in digestion
How do your genes affect how the body stores fat, metabolizes nutrients, and regulates appetite?
The % of your body weight you should try to lose if you are at risk for obesity
What is 5%-10% of your current body weight?
The effects of obesity on leptin production and distribution?
How does leptin not get through to the brain in people who are obese?
Frequency of obesity in America (ex. it affects __ in __ adults in the US)
How does obesity affect 2 in 5 adults in the United States?
Definition of metabolism
What is the process that converts food into energy to fuel in your body?
The effect of depression and anxiety on obesity risk
How can it encourage you to eat high-calorie foods that activate the pleasure centers in your brain?
Something that causes obesity but is not genetics, disease, poor diet, or little exercise
What is a high amount of screen time?
The result of having too many adipocytes
What is the accumulation of fat in adipose tissue, increased risk of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
The BMI that qualifies someone to be obese
What does a BMI over 30 kg/m2 signify?
Name five potential causes of obesity
What is a poor diet, little to no exercise, genetics (disabilities), stress, little sleep, lifestyle and environment, medication, and socioeconomic factors? (possible answers)
An example of a disease that can cause obesity
What are metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, Cushing's syndrome, hypothyroidism, etc. ?
The effect of stress on obesity
What is stress releases a hormone called cortisol that makes you hungry?
The reaction that occurs in stressed fat cells
What causes the release of inflammatory factors within the body's cells?
The reason that obesity often doesn't go away through crash dieting (a very unhealthy low-calorie plan for quick weight loss)?
Why does the body always try to maintain balance, so behaviours like overeating and lack of regular exercise reset the processes that regulate appetite and body fat distribution to make the person physiologically gain more weight and makes the body resist crash dieting.