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• ROLES OF GENS
• HORMONES IN APPETITE AND WEIGHT
REGULATION- Leptin is produced by fat cells and it
acts to reduced our intake of food. Grehlin us a
hormone that is produced by the stomach, it is a
powerful appetite stimulator.
• SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCE- High and ready
access to high fat, high sugar, encourages over
consumption and makes it easy to avoid exercise.
(time pressure, walk vs drive and stairs vs elevator.
• FAMILY INFLUENCES- family attitudes toward food.
Family members could lead us to change our attitude
about weight or perhaps influences our eating
patterns.
• STRESS AND COMFORT FOOD- reducing feelings of
distress or depression by comfort food or cravings.
Conditioned to eat in response by environment
stimuli. Anxiety, anger, boredom, depression can
lead to overeating.
Treatments:
• LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS- Low calorie diet,
Exercise and Behavioral Intervention/Therapy
• MEDICATIONS- (Sibutramine, Orlistat and etc)
• BARIATRIC SURGERY- Reduced the storage
capacity of the stomach. Levels of the appetite
hormone grehlin are also suppressed.