KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Weight Loss, Blood Sugar, Corticosteroid
7 Dec 2018
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Where does the weight go: bmi: 23, recommended weight gain: 11. 5-16 kj (25-35 lbs, extra blood, fluids, and protein: 3. 5 kg, breasts and energy stores: 3 kg, placenta: 1 kg, uterus and breast: 5 kg. Medications and weight gain: corticosteroids, anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, certain diabetes, antihypertensive, antihistamines, and anticonvulsants, reasons for weight gain are not always clear, could be due to changes in appetite, metabolism and our fluid retention. Is weight gain a bad thing: not necessarily, reasons are not clear. Depression and weight gain: people with obesity are 5-7 times more likely to have depression, many depression medications cause weight gain, medications that cause the most weight gain improve depression the most, having lights on eat more. Immigration: sleep deprivation, environmental pollutants, prenatal stress, quitting smoking, assortative mating, light exposure, thinking, central heating, cooling and global warming. Insulation: energy storage, heat retention, swimming: more buoyant plus less heat loss, appearance: limited amount is desirable.
