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Small 'c' calorie |
A unit of energy. Defined as the amount of energy needed to raise one (1) gram of water one (1) degree Celcius. |
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Big 'C' Calorie |
a.k.a. Kilocalorie. Think "Food Related." Kilocalorie, or Calorie, is equal to 1,000 calories. Defined as the amount of energy needed to raise 1,000 grams of water one (1) degree Celcius. |
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Metabolic Rate |
A measure of a person's energy use. |
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Basal Metabolic Rate |
Metabolic Rate when at rest. Often valued at 1,680 Calories per day. Almost never at Basal Metabolic Rate for any long period of time. |
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Daily Average Metabolic Rate |
Males: 3,000 Calories per day. Have more muscle, body weight, mass so takes more Calories to keep engine running. Females: 2,500 Calories per day. Store more body fat, mostly due to maternal reasons... babies. |
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Obesity |
Overweight. A B.M.I. of above 30.
Health problems include: - High Blood Pressure. - Joint Problems. - Cardiovascular Diseases... ("Heart"-"Vessel") ... Heart Attack (Heart) and Stroke (Brain). -Type 2 Diabetes (Inability to control blood sugar) |
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Location of Fat Storage |
Think "Apple" vs. "Pear." Fat stored around torso, "Apple," increases the risk of Obesity related diseases more so than fat storage in buttocks and thighs, "Pear." |
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Anorexia |
("W/out"-"Eating") Underweight. Results from a greatly reduced Caloric intake that results in a marked decrease in body fat. Often results in condition known as AMENORRHEA: - Lack of menstration in women... caused by lack of hormone LEPTIN from fat cells that send signals to the brain that there is sufficient fat to support a pregnancy... this results in a reduction in hormone ESTROGEN, which leads to AMENORRHEA. Lack of ESTROGEN can also result in a decrease in bone density... OSTEOPEROSIS. Lack of Calories reduces nutrition to muscles, heart, that results in dysfunction of heart, leading to low blood pressures and decreasing blood flow to other parts of the body. |
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Bulimia |
Often losing weight. Burns in throat and corrosion on backs of teeth... due to powerful stomach acids. "Binging" and "Purging." |
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Losing Weight |
3,500 Calories to a pound of fat roughly. Burn this many more Calories than you take in, and BAM, you lose a pound. So basically, if you don't eat for a day, you lose a pound. |
