NHM 201 Chapter 3

Question	Answer
__% of adults are obese	35
__% of adults are overweight	34
__% of adults are underweight	1.7%
__ fat is more metabollically active than fat in other areas	visceral
Sex hormone binding globulin	reduced by high levels of insulin, increases testosterone production which interferes with egg production
obese men tend to have low __ levels and high __ levels	testosterone; estradiol
first choice of treatment for metabolic syndrome is:	weight loss
low BMI reduces	GnRH
hypothalamic ammenorrhea	no period due to low weight
Female athlete triad	loss of period, eating disorder, and osteoperosis
Can low estrogen hurt your bones?	yes
teratogenic	produce malformations (pregnancy)
congenial abnormalities	present at birth, malformations in metabolic processes or body
type 1 diabetes is considered an __ disease	autoimmune
PKU	inherited error in metabolism that keeps an amino acid from being broken down
what diet manages PKU	low phenylalanine
PKU diets maintain phenylalanine in the range of	120-360
What foods should be excluded from a PKU diet?	wheat, meat, fish, eggs
if a food has less than __ ppm or __ mg it is gluten free	10, 3 mg
PMS = __ phase	leutal

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