energy balance

    Cards (8)

    • type 1 diabetes

      autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells
    • type 2 diabetes
      insulin resistance with over nutrition and energy imbalance being a likely contributor
    • Increased glycosylation of proteins
      leads to vascular complications
    • Overweight
      excess weight relative to a desirable body weight
    • Obesity
      a condition in which the fat stores are excessive for an individuals height, weight, gender, and race
    • how can obesity risk be measured
      bioelectrical impedance, hydrostatic weighing, BMI, and a skin fold test
    • energy output
      60% from BMR, 8% from thermic effect of food, 7% from non-exercise activities, 25% from purposeful physical activity
    • how is basal metabolic rate measured 

      lying still and immediately waking up in the morning, fasted, no exercise for 12 hours, healthy and free from medication, emotionally relaxed, free from stress, thermoneutral temperature
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