Flashcards
Chapter 7
Cards in this deck (7)
- 1Hyperplasiaincrease in cell number
- 2HypertrophyIncrease in cell size
- 3Adinopectinhormone made by fat cells- enhances burning fat and sugars
as weight increases, adinopectin declines - 4BMIMeasures relative weight for height
underweight=18.5
overweight=25-29.9
obese=30+ - 5Why BMI is a flawed systemdoes not differentiate btw types of tissues
Muscle heavier than fat
bone structures more dense than others
more error if you are very short or very tall - 6Ways of assessing body compositionFatfold
Hydrodensitometry
Bioelectrical impedence
Air displacement plethysmography
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) - 7Ways of estimating body compositionHydrostatic (underwater-most accurate)
Air displacement (BODPOD)
Skinfold
DEXA