FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Ob River, Dieting, Hyperplasia
16 Dec 2015
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More calories: added calories in daily diet from constant advertisements, most of these being refined carbs and pop. Bigger portions: restaurant portions have increased two to five times in the last 20 years, with larger portions, people are consuming more calories. Fast food: people who eat as fast food restaurants develop metabolic abnormalities and diabetes. Hunger and satiety: additional signals can influence our hunger, size of fat cells may influence how hungry we feel, appetite can be a learned phenomenon, appetite leads to temptation. Physical inactivity: dramatic drop in physical activity. Passive entertainment: technology may increase weight, takes time away from physical activity, increases food intake. Parental factors: mothers developed gastrointestinal diabetes which cause kids to be more prone to weight gain. Genetics: the gad2 gene signals the brain to tell us to eat, the ob gene interrupts our body"s feel-full system. Emotional influences: problems such as depression and anxiety result in obesity because people cope by eating.
