Kristinelou Marie N.

Reyna December 18, 2020

BSN 2-6 Nutrition and Diet Therapy

SAS 9

LESSON PREVIEW

CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING

Multiple Choice

1. b. genetics and physical inactivity.

Rationale: Obesity is generally caused by eating too much and moving too little. Science shows that genetics plays a role in obesity.
Genes can directly cause obesity in specific disorders such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome. However
genes do not always predict future health. Genes and behavior may both be needed for a person to be overweight. If you
consume high amounts of energy, particularly fat and sugars, but do not burn off the energy through exercise and physical
activity, much of the surplus energy will be stored by the body as fat.

2. a. leptin.
Rationale: Under the direction of this gene, adipose (fat) tissue cells secrete leptin, a protein hormone.

3. a. The number decreases when fat is lost from the body

Rationale: When we slim down, fat cells shrink in size, but the number of fat cells we have does not decrease. When fat cells die, like
all cells do, the body simply creates new ones in its effort to keep the number constant
4. c. set-point theory
Rationale: The set point theory suggests that our body tends to maintain a specific weight. It is physiologically regulated. The body
will make alterations whenever there is an aberration concerning the weight.

5. d. Rreduce daily energy intake and increase energy expenditure

Rationale: A reduction in the daily intake of energy and increasing physical activity helps to lose weight. The physical activities help
to burn excess calories. The body uses accumulated fats, to provide energy required by the body.

LESSON WRAP-UP
MUDDIEST POINT

In today’s lesson, I learned that there are various factors that affect obesity such as genetics, fat cell development, set point,
overeating, and inactivity all offer possible risk and not just physical inactivity alone. I also learned what are some weight-gain and
weight loss strategies and understood that physical activity should be an integral part of a weight-management program.