Causes
An abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health?
What is obesity?
The best clinical tool used to evaluate healthy weight?
What is the BMI? (body mass index)
A term for vascular complications that occur more frequently in post-operative obese patients
What is VTE?
socioeconomic disparity, genetic links, behavioral influences (food choice, portions, inactivity), environmental factors (availability of food, and physiologic factors (metabolic rate)
What are factors that contribute to obesity?
Term used to describe presence of three or more of the following symptoms: Large waist size, elevated triglyceride level, low HDL level, elevated fasting blood sugar, elevated blood pressure
What is Metabolic Syndrome?
Dumping syndrome, dysphagia, bowel obstruction, infection, peritonitis, hemorrhage
What are complications of gastric bypass surgery?
Intake of these in excess of needs results in weight gain
What are calories?
Name two modifiable risk factors for obesity
Food selection, activity, sleep habits
Explanation of risks, benefits, and alteratives to a procedure.
What is process of informed consent?
Type 2 Diabetes, Asthma, HTN, coronary disease, Alzheimers
What are diseases linked to diabetes?
food cost, embarassment, emotional attachment to food, physical impairment, environmental factors
What are barriers to weight loss efforts?
Drastic and unrealistic diet changes that promise rapid results with poor long term outcomes
What is a crash or fad diet?
Most common challenge to maintaining healthy weight?
What is lifestyle or behavioral change?
Term for BMI in excess of 40
Morbid or extreme obesity
Lazy
A type of surgery that changes your digestive system, often limiting the amount of food you can eat.
What is a gastric bypass?
2000 calories
What is the average recommended daily intake of calories?