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Complications of Obesity
Hypertension/High blood pressure. Pressure in arteries
How is blood pressure measured
When heart contracts (systolic)
Pressure when heart is relaxed (diastolic)
What does high blood pressure cause
Blockages in arteries
Enlarged blood vessels
Internal bleeding
Kidney damage
Enlarged heart
What chemical acumulates outside of cells in the blood
Sodium
How does sodium cause high blood pressure
Draws more water in blood
What chemical has the opposite effect of sodium
Potassium
, What are the causes of hypertension
Too much salt, little potassium, little calcium, too much alcohol, little exercise
Body image
the way one sees oneself physically Influences eating and exercise behavior
Disordered eating
Variety of atypical eating behaviors people use to achieve or maintain a lower body
weight
Eating disorder
Psychiatric condition that involves extreme body dissatisfaction and long term eating
patterns that impair body functioning
Body dysmorphic disorder
involves excessive preoccupation with an imagined defect in physical appearance
Muscle dysmorphia
Men perceive they are weak and small when they may be large and muscular
Factors to eating disorders
Genetics, family, personality and comorbidities, media, sociocultural
Eating disorders
Psychiatric conditions involving body dissatisfaction and long term eating patterns that
negatively affect body functions
Anorexia nervosa
Self starvation leading to severe nutrient deficiency
Bulimia nervosa
Extreme overeating followed by purging