Kim, who is overweight, is highly sensitive to external eating cues. How might her wristwatch contribute to her overeating?

Q: For someone who is trying to lose weight, why would it be a good idea to cut down on sweets…

A: Carbohydrates are the major energy sources in the body. The food we take provides this nutrient.…

Q: How can one diagnose eating disorders?

A: The two most important eating disorder are: Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa Anorexia nervosa:…

Q: Evidence from animal experiments and epidemiological studies indicates that the risk of obesity…

A: Endocrine disruptors are defined as hormonally active agents or chemicals where they play a major…

Q: Define the role of pancreatic amylase ?

A: The digestive system of the human body mainly comprises ten organs. This is the most complicated and…

Q: Describe how the pancreatic hormones interact to regulate blood glucose levels.

A: The pancreas will regulate the macronutrient digestion and hence metabolism/energy homeostasis by…

Q: Dive a little deeper, read the chapter by Johnson, and tell me about endocrine control of hunger.

A: The endocrine system is a system which delivers message to tissues and organs in the form of…

Q: explain what these lectin and grehlin hormones are and how they change as a function of eating

A: Lectin and Gherlin are the hormones that regulate hungryness and satiety levels of food intake.

Q: How is leptin resistance associated with obesity?

A: In leptin resistance, your leptin is high, which suggests you are fat, however, your brain cannot…

Q: How does temperature affects the BFC and WFC? And how can it be a potential cure for obesity?

A: Introduction :- Obesity is commonly induced by eating too much and exercising insufficiently. If you…

Q: How are insulin, GLUT4, obesity, and type IIdiabetes related?

A: Insulin is a hormone that helps to regulate blood sugar levels.  When we eat food carbohydrates…

Q: What is the mechanism by which higher numbers of gutFirmicutes are thought to be linked to obesity?

A: Gut Firmicutes are gram positive bacteria which are found in the gut of humans or mouse. These…

Q: What role does neuropeptide Y play in control of appetite? Where do its effects take place?

A: Neuropeptide Y is a long chain of 36 amino acids involved in various homeostatic and physiological…

Q: Insulin is the most important?

A: Hormones are chemicals secreted by an endocrine gland to regulate various physiological processes in…

Q: Contrast a physiological set point with a behavioral set point related to obesity.

A: Just like the set points that exist for any negative feedback biological control systems, set points…

Q: Discuss “Fad Diets” which are considered to be beneficial weight-loss strategies?

A: We know that, Fad diet is a weight-loss plan in trend that claims to have dramatic outcomes.…

Q: What is known about the underlying causes of obesity?

A: The term obesity is used to describe the physical state of an individual, which is characterized by…

Q: which two pancreatic hormones are the major drivers of glucose homeostasis? where does each come…

A: Pancreas are endocrine glands that secrete hormones that play an important role in glucose…

Q: Which two minerals are believed to be inadequate in women’s diets?

A: The nutrients can be classified into three groups, water, micronutrients, and macronutrients. Water…

Q: Do carbohydrates increase insulin resistance

A: Insulin is an hormone secreted by the Beta cells of the pancreas. Insulin reduces the blood glucose…

Q: A young adult female needs a caloric intake of 2100 Cal/day. Her basal caloric requirement is only…

A: Introduction: In nourishment or nutrition, calories allude to the energy individuals get from the…

Q: What effect does cortisol have on the liver?

A: Cortisol is a corticosteroid hormone that comes under the class of glucocorticoids. This hormone is…

Q: What do corticosteroids do to plasma glucose levels?

A: Blood is a body liquid in people and different creatures that conveys fundamental substances, for…

Q: During the postabsorptive state, epinephrine stimulates breakdown of adipose triglycerides bya.…

A: BASIC INFORMATION METABOLISM  It is basically the different types of chemical reactions taking place…

Q: According to biological therapists , what was the cause of eating disorders ?

A: The eating disorder comes under psychological illness. An eating disorder characterized by abnormal…

Q: what “Fad Diets” are considered to be beneficial weight-loss strategies?

A: Fad diet nothing but a weight-loss plan in trend that claims to have dramatic outcomes. There are…

Q: Insulin increases _______________ within hepatocytes to decrease blood glucose. a. glycogenolysis b.…

A: Insulin is the hormone secreted from the beta cells of pancreas.  Insulin hormone helps to control…

Q: Can you explain the absorptive and postabsorptive states in metabolism and nutrition along with the…

A: The body processes the food to use instantly and importantly, to store as energy for later demands.…

Q: What are the health issues caused by obesity?

A: Answer: Introduction: Obesity, also known as corpulence or fatness means an extreme gathering of…

Q: Why are young women at the greatest risk of suffering from an eating disorder?

A: Eating disorders can affect of all ages, races, gender. They are more found in teenagers and young…

Q: Describe the interactions between the four hormones that influence NPY and POMC in the Arcuate…

A: The hypothalamus is constituted of nuclei involved in autonomic functions including the control of…

Q: the greater the quantity of body fat, the lower the resistance of normally insulin sensitivite to…

A: Insulin is secreted by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans present in the pancreas. Insulin…

Q: What is ghrelin? What is its effect on appetite? Is there any substance that has an opposite effect?

A: Hormones are the chemical messenger molecules secreted by the glands of the endocrine system and…

Q: Shouldn’t people with diabetes or prediabetes stop eating carbs because they raise blood sugar?

A: Diabetes or diabetes mellitus is a lifelong disorder characterized by inefficiency of the body to…

Q: What is the role of melanocortins in control of appetite?

A: Melanocortins are a group of peptide hormones which include adrenocorticotropic hormone and the…

Q: How does thermogenesis help prevent obesity?

A: A disease is defined as a disorder in the structure or function of an organism which produces…

Q: Is there any genetic grounds for obesity?

A: Obesity can be defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in body that increases the risk of…

Q: what is the role of glutathione in digestion?

A: In process of digestion, complex molecules are converted to simple molecules with the…

Q: How does the obesity rate in the US compare to other countries?

A: Obesity is the abnormal accumulation of fats in the body.

Q: How does insulin resistance lead to failure of the β cells of the pancreas that results in type 2…

A: Insulin is a hormone that helps to regulate the glucose metabolism secreted from the beta cell of…

Q: How is obesity related to non-insulindependent diabetes mellitus?

A: Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus is often called as type-2 diabetes. In this disease, the…

Q: which group of corticosteroids influences glucose metabolism and inflammation?

A: Corticosteroid is the hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex. It is responsible for the…

Q: The pancreas is subdivided into an endocrine portion that secretes substances like somatostatin, and…

A: The pancreas is located just below the stomach adjacent to the spleen. It is connected to the…

Q: What are the the negative consequences of obesity?

A: Obesity is a condition characterized by abnormally high levels of body fat. Behavioral (such as…

Q: What is the effect of overnutrition on the pancreas?

A: The pancreas is a digestive and endocrine system organ found in animals. It is a gland that is…