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| integrated response to sight, smell, thought, or taste of food that initiates or delays eating |
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painful sensation caused by a lack of food that initiates food-seeking behavior. |
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brain center controlling maintenance of:
- H2O balance
- body temp
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feeling of satisfaction and fullness that occurs during a meal and halts eating. |
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produced in the brain; stimulates appetite, diminishes energy expenditure, increases fat storage. |
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| generation of heat. can be measured to determine amount of energy expended. |
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| BASAL METABOLIC RATE (BMR) |
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| total energy/weight; strict test measuring energy used for "survival" |
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| RESTING METABOLIC RATE (RMR) |
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| similar to BMR, but under less strict conditions. |
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| estimation of the energy required to process food. |
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| proportions of muscle, bone, fat and other tissues that make up a person's total body weight. |
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weight/height2; result determines what range you fall in (underweight, normal, overweight, or obese) |
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fat stored within the abdominal cavity, as opposed to fat directly under the skin. |
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| excess fat in the abdominal area. |
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anthropometric measurement used to asses abdominal fat. |
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| condition in which a normal amount of insulin produces a subnormal effect in muscle, adipose and liver cells; consequence of obesity. |
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