Leptin

physiological processes of living beings. In a study, Harvard researchers gradually shifted the timing of ten people’s circadian rhythms. The results showed an increase in blood sugar levels, causing them to go into a pre-diabetic state, and a decrease in leptin levels, which inhibits hunger. No matter the amount of blue-violet light someone is exposed to at night, it is much more likely to affect someone as it is more powerful at night (“Blue Light”, par.1-7). A statistic, given by the Bureau…

Coronary Artery Disease Levi Gatherwright Morehead State University Coronary Artery Disease Coronary Artery Disease, CAD for short, is caused by a buildup of plaque in the coronary arteries that supply the heart with oxygenated blood. The plaque (Atheroma) is a waxy like substance that consists of calcium, lipid compounds, and blood clotting compounds such as macrophages and fibrin. The buildup takes many years to accumulate; the plaque eventually swells the arterial wall restricting blood…

Do Genes Affect Obesity? There is no way to phrase it nicely, America is a nation of fat people. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a halt in the progress of this problem. Americans continue to grow fatter every year. The United States as a nation is shockingly close to the 50% mark of obese adults, with 1 in 3 adults being obese. Even more disturbing is the child obesity rate in the United States which is at 17%. Along with the obesity increase brings obesity related complications…

In a time where approximately a third of North American kids, people may question if there is something wrong with healthcare or our advancements in technology. Are we not eating well enough? Are we not exercising? Do we have bad habits? In reality it's all of that. Recently, the biggest problems causing child obesity is the fact that kids don’t exercise enough, the lack of sleep that kids receive, and possibly the biggest problem would be that fast food companies are heavily advertising…

Since obesity is on the continual rise, there has been a lot of research done to determine the best way to decrease weight. For many years, studies of body weight regulation have focused almost completely on caloric intake and energy expenditure.23 Since the obesity epidemic continues to skyrocket, one diet that has received a lot of attention is Intermittent fasting (IF), or periods of voluntary abstinence from food and drink.24 In some places, IF has been practiced since the earliest of…

and appetite changes in a person. The effects on the hippocampus due to the change of hormones can lead to the development of an eating disorder by putting stress on the patient’s body. The hormones that lead to this mental illness are serotonin, leptin, and dopamine. These hormones help regulate hunger and change cravings in an individual which leads the patient not knowing their own hunger cues. Without hunger cues, the patient does not know when or how much to eat. This leads the patient to…

Introduction In vertebrates, reproduction is primarily controlled by the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis. The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the hypothalamus are key regulators of the hypothalamic neuroendocrine system mainly though the synthesis of GnRH (Moenter et al., 2003). The decapeptide GnRH is released from the hypothalamus in a pulsatile manner, and the amplitude and frequency of these pulses change throughout the estrous cycle (McCartney et al., 2002; Moenter et al.…

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pathophysiology of obesity has improved over the last decade. Even so, this increase in knowledge is insufficient for management the disease. The regulation of appetite relies on complex hypothalamic neurocircuitry in which the arcuate nucleus and the hormone leptin, an appetite suppressant, ghrelin, and appetite stimulant, play important roles (Huether, 2009, p.…

Sleep deprivation is when an individual fails to get enough sleep over a long period of time. There are many factors in everyday life that can contribute to sleep deprivation. It could be school, work, or children if the individual has any. Any age group or gender can experience the mental and physical health effects of sleep deprivation which could be, difficulty remembering, weight gain and decreased performance. Many people struggle with managing their time so that they are able to get enough…