What is the thermic effect of food?

What is the thermic effect of food? Answer: how much energy is required to digest, absorb and metabolize nutrient...

How does age effect BMR?

How does age effect BMR? Answer: BMR decreases 3-5% each decade after the age of 30 due to a decease in lean body mass and hormone change...

What do some base (resting) functions include?

What do some base (resting) functions include? Answer: respiration, circulation, making new cells, secreting hormones, nervous system activi...

What is Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)?

What is Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)? Answer: energy expended to maintain basal (resting) function...

is there a risk with the pear shaped pattern?

is there a risk with the pear shaped pattern? Answer: there is no association with an increased risk for chronic disease like there is with apple...

what are some limitations of BMI?

what are some limitations of BMI? Answer: it is not always accurate for certain ethnic backgrounds, doesn't take body composition into account,...

What does BMI measure?

What does BMI measure? Answer: ratio of a person's weight to their heigh...

what is morbid obesity?

what is morbid obesity? Answer: body weight exceeding over 100% of normal body weight and has severe health consequence...

what does it mean to be obese?

what does it mean to be obese? Answer: excess body fat that causes adverse health effects; BMI of 30 or mor...

what does it mean to be overweight?

what does it mean to be overweight? Answer: moderate amount of excess body fat that may not have any health effects; BMI 25-2...

what does it mean to be underweight?

what does it mean to be underweight? Answer: too little body fat to maintain health and has less than 18.5 BM...

What is a healthful body weight?

What is a healthful body weight? Answer: weight that is appropriate for a persons age, physical activity, and doesn't change with constant d...

what do treatment for eating disorders include?

what do treatment for eating disorders include? Answer: complex and multidisciplinary treatment including a patient, physician, nutritional counselors...

what is female athlete triad?

what is female athlete triad? Answer: serious syndrome in some active females where they have low energy availability, amenorrhea, and low bone...

what is night eating syndrome?

what is night eating syndrome? Answer: people who were not hungry during the day but eat everything and the evening and nigh...

when do people binge eat?

when do people binge eat? Answer: after stressful events and twice weekly, not followed by purgin...

what are some signs of bulimia nervosa?

what are some signs of bulimia nervosa? Answer: chronically inflamed and sore throat swollen glands in the neck and below the ja...

what are some symptoms of bulimia nervosa?

what are some symptoms of bulimia nervosa? Answer: recurrent binge eating episodes recurrent inappropriate compensation behavior negative body...

what is the definition of purge?

what is the definition of purge? Answer: follows binge episode; includes vomiting, laxatives, diuretics, fasting, excessive exercise to avoid...

what is the definition of a binge?

what is the definition of a binge? Answer: episode of over eating in short period of time; the person feels a loss of self control and/or sense...

what are some health risks of anorexia nervosa?

what are some health risks of anorexia nervosa? Answer: energy and nutrient deficiency electrolyte imbalance cardiovascular problems gastrointestinal...

what is amenorrhea?

what is amenorrhea? Answer: absence of menstrual perio...

what are some symptoms of anorexia nervosa?

what are some symptoms of anorexia nervosa? Answer: restrictive eating/starvation intense fear of gaining weight amenorrhea for atleast 3 months unhealthful...

what are three eating disorders?

what are three eating disorders? Answer: anorexia nervosa bulimia nervosa binge eating disorder...

what is a eating disorder?

what is a eating disorder? Answer: psychiatric condition involving extreme body dissatisfaction and long term eating patterns that negatively...

what is disordered eating?

what is disordered eating? Answer: variety of atypical eating behaviors used to achieve or maintain a lower body weigh...

what is the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test?

what is the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test? Answer: determines the presence of reagin, the nonspecific antibody in the plasma of individuals...

what is syphilis?

what is syphilis? Answer: systematic infection that, if untreated, progresses through 3 clinical stage...

what are some bacterial STDs?

what are some bacterial STDs? Answer: gonorrhea syphilis non-gonococcal urethritis lymphogranuloma venereu...

what is the Direction Flu A Test?

what is the Direction Flu A Test? Answer: demonstrates the application of an in vitro enzyme immunoassa...

what is the fluorescent antibody technique?

what is the fluorescent antibody technique? Answer: rapid reliable procedure to demonstrate agglutination reactions and is useful in the identification...

what is the MIC Assay?

what is the MIC Assay? Answer: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Assa...

what is septicemia?

what is septicemia? Answer: presence and multiplication of bacteria in the bloo...

what is bacteremia?

what is bacteremia? Answer: bacteria in the bloo...

why is blood typing used?

why is blood typing used? Answer: to see if a person has an A antigen, B antigen, neither, or an Rh facto...

what is ELISA used for?

what is ELISA used for? Answer: screening and to quantitate an antigen or antibod...

what is ELISA?

what is ELISA? Answer: assay that uses antibodies linked by an enzyme to bin...

what does ELISA stand for?

what does ELISA stand for? Answer: Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assa...

what is the epitope?

what is the epitope? Answer: small portion of the antigen where things bin...

what is an immunoassay?

what is an immunoassay? Answer: anything involving an antigen/antibod...

what does methylene blue stain?

what does methylene blue stain? Answer: since it is a basic stain, it will stain acidic components in the nucleus a blue/black colo...

what does eosin stain?

what does eosin stain? Answer: since it is an acidic stain, it stains basic components in the cytoplasm/granules a pink/red/orange colo...

what is the Wright stain?

what is the Wright stain? Answer: differential/complex stain that includes eosin and methylene blu...

what is a plaque?

what is a plaque? Answer: cleared area on a lawn of bacteria due to lysis of cells from a viru...