Practice Quiz for 184

Fat located around major organs, also called intra-abdominal fat.

• Subcutaneous Fat

• Visceral Fat

• Cholesterol

A neutral energy balance means you expend the same amount of calories that you take in.

• Promotes weight loss

• Promotes weight gain

• Weight remains constant. 

A positive energy balance means that you take in more calories than you expend. 

• Promotes weight loss

• Promotes weight gain

• Weight remains constant. 

Leptin is secreted by the body’s fat cells and lets the brain know how big or small the body’s fat stores are.

Eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain body weight at a minimally healthy level and intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat; self-starvation

• Anorexia Nervosa

• Bulimia Nervosa

• Binge-Eating Disorder

Eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating and purging to prevent weight gain

• Anorexia nervosa

• Bulimia nervosa

• Binge-eating disorder

A form of CVD in which the inner layers of artery walls are made thick and irregular by plaque deposits; arteries become narrowed, and blood supply is reduced

• Coronary Heart Disease

• Atherosclerosis

• Atherogenic

Arrhythmia

• Death by heart disease

• A nontraumatic, unexpected death from sudden cardiac arrest, most often due to arrhythmia; in most instances, victims have underlying heart disease

• A change in the normal pattern of the heartbeat

Ischemic stroke

• Caused by a blockage in a blood vessel.

• Occurs when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.

• Occurs when their is an arrhythmia

Hemorrhagic stroke

• Caused by a blockage in a blood vessel.

• Occurs when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.

• Caused by arrhythmia