Exam 12: Hunger, eating, and Health

During the fasting phase,the main fuel of the brain is

In our culture,most individuals with anorexia or bulimia have a history of strict __________.

As fat accumulates in the body,energy is wasted through a mechanism called diet-induced __________.

The dynamic phase of the VMH syndrome is associated with

Large bilateral lesions of the lateral hypothalamus produce

Animals with a sodium deficiency,tend to favor diets rich in sodium because

Mutant mice that are homozygous for the ob gene lack a critical hormone called __________.

In sham-eating experiments,the first sham eaten meal of a familiar diet is typically the same size as previous normal meals of the same diet.This suggests that the amount that we eat at a meal is influenced by

There are ____ phases of energy metabolism.

As a meal is consumed,there is

Insulin promotes the

Set-point theories of hunger and eating are inconsistent with

Many people assume that hunger is normally triggered when energy resources fall

The body stores energy as

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are often viewed as variants of the same disorder because

Describe anorexia nervosa.The text describes a hypothesis that meals are a factor in anorexia nervosa.Describe the logic and empirical evidence on which this hypothesis is based.Discuss the hypothesis.

__________ (CCK)was one of the first satiety peptides to be studied.

According to the text,obesity is now prevalent in industrialized countries because

Those mammals with ready access to a continuous supply of good food usually eat __________ each day.

CCK,bombesin,glucagon,and somatostatin