Leptin

Moreover, fast food marketing is misleading us and children about fast food. Fast food industry identifies children as their “future customer” and spent a large amount of money to attract children by its marketing strategies. An average fast food company spends $2 billions USD every year on child marketing (Schor,89). As a result, kids watch at least ten junk food ads every day in average and about 98% of those products are high in fat, sugar (Schor, 92). These fast food brands establish their…

Diet Myths And How To Over Come We are so obsessed with losing weight particularly women. There are a plethora of dieting materials from books to pills and more are coming out. Unfortunately, whether it be the lay or medical professionals, there are a number of myths and false science behind dieting. What I want to do is to take a look at a few of these myths and bring them out into the open and at the same time make suggestions on what you can do to be successful with weight loss. Weight…

There are two general categories in which the cause of obesity fall under: genetics and the environment. For those who fall under the genetic category, “Studies show they have a genetic defect in the gene coding for a hormone called leptin, which is involved in appetite regulation. Others are lacking an enzyme, PCI, the function of which is to convert another hormone, PMOC, into neuropeptides that regulate appetite. However, experts say that genetic defects are rare and are not found…

According to Doctor William Balistreri, evidence suggests HFCS contribute to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and it can cause liver fibrosis, which is scarring of the liver. In animal studies, HFCS caused fatty liver, leptin resistance, vascular inflammation, gut permeability, and endotoxemia. In Nancy Deville’s book, Death by Supermarket, she discusses how the body processes HFCS. HFCS tastes the same as sugar and takes nutrients from the body to process the fructose…

The first mechanism is neuromuscular factors, the loss of neural input to the muscles is ongoing and a lifelong process that is irreversible. When the body loses motor units that innervate several muscle fibers, the neurons that survived attempt to “adopt” muscle fibers. The lower number of motor units functional means the individual has decreased strength and muscle atrophy. The vastus lateralis in 43 male cadavers aged 15 to 83, this study showed total number of muscle fibers was reduced…

Sleep is a natural period of inactivity of the body. It is a human instinct that has no simplification as to why it even occurs. Even though there is no main reason why we sleep, scientists have created theories for why we sleep. The body possesses a rhythm called circadian rhythm. The circadian rhythm controls wakeness and sleepiness throughout a twenty-four-hour interval. There are two factors that occur to regulate the rhythm. The first is a drive to sleep that gets stronger each hour…

Beta blockers are the first line drug choice when treating angina related to CAD. Beta blockers decrease cardiac oxygen demand, by blocking beta receptors in the heart, decreasing heart rate and contractibility, reducing peripheral resistance and after load. Slowing heart rate increases diastolic fill time, increasing the amount of time blood flows throughout myocardial vessels. When taken with nitroglycerin, extra benefits include blunting reflex tachycardia. Dosage starts out low and slowly…

IV.3. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: {Childhood obesity treatment book p261-264} Importance of Physical Activity: Physical activity is the only modifiable component of the energy expenditure portion of the energy balance equation. Increasing physical activity improves weight loss and maintenance and decreases obesity health hazards. Strategies to increase physical activity should include both increasing in structured and non-structured physical activity and reducing the amount of time spent in sedentary…

Today in America, “40% of adults and 70% of adolescences are sleep deprived” (Collins, 2014). Sleep is extremely important to each individual’s life. In fact, 2/3 of our lives are spent awake, and the remaining 1/3 of our lives is spent sleeping. Sleep can be defined, as the “period of unconsciousness during which the brain remains highly active. It is a complex biological process that helps people process new information, stay healthy, and rejuvenate (Sleep: Condition Information, 2013). As…

Negative Effects of Sugary Beverages It is summertime, one of the hottest days of the season and it is like a sauna outside due to the humidity. In the refrigerator a nice cold Pepsi is just waiting to be popped open and poured into a glass of ice. The fizzy drink is simply waiting to be consumed! Wipe the sweat from the brow, sit back and unwind while savoring the cold beverage. Countless amounts of people do not realize what these sugary beverages do to our body. These sugary beverages are:…