| InsulinResistance | | The painful sensation caused by a lack of food that initiates food-seeking behavior |
| AdaptiveThermogenesis | | The rate of energy use for metabolism under specified conditions: after a 12-hour fast and restful sleep, without any physical activity or emotional excitement, and in a confortable setting. It is usually expressed as kcalories per kg body weight per hour |
| Appetite | | The number of kcalories that the body derives from a food, as acontrasted with the number of kcalories determined by calorimetry |
| RMR | | Having the power to suppress hunger and inhibit eating |
| BodyMassIndex | | Measures the amount of heat releases |
| Satiety | | An anthropometric measurement used to assess a person's abdominal fat. |
| IndirectCalorimetry | | Body weight above some standard of acceptable weight that is usually defined in relation to height (such as BMI) |
| ThermicEffect | | The feeling of satisfaction that occurs after a meal and inhibits eating until the next meal. It determines how much time passes between meals. |
| BodyComposition | | A chemichal produces in the brain that stimulates appetite, diminishes energy expenditure, and increases fat storage |
| PhysiologicalFuelValue | | Body weight below some standard of acceptable weight that is usually defined in relation to height (such as BMI) |
| CentralObesity | | The feeling of satisfaction and fullness that occurs during a meal and halts eating. It determines how much food is consumed during a meal. |
| BasalMetabolicRate | | Also called th Specific Dynamic Effect of food or the Specific ynamic Activity of food. |
| Satiating | | Fat stored within the abdominal cavity in association with the internal abdominal organs, as opposed to the fat stored under the skin |
| Intra-abdominalFat | | Adjustments in energy expenditure related to changes in environment such as extreme cold and to physiological events such as overfeeding, trauma, and changes in hormone status |
| Underweight | | Eating in responce to arousal |
| Overweight | | Also called Abdominal Fat or Upper-body fat |
| NeuropeptideY | | An index of a person's weight in relation to height; determined by dividing the weight (in kilograms) by the square of the height (in meters) |
| Hypothalamus | | The weight of the body minus the fat content |
| DirectCalorimetry | | Similar to the BMR, a measure of the energy use od a person at rest in a confortable setting, but with less stringent criteria for recent food intake and physical activity. Consequently, it is slightly higher than the BRM |
| WaistCircumference | | The integrated responce to the sight, smell, thought, or taste of food that initiates or delays eating |
| LeanBodyMass | | The proportions of muscle, bone, fat, and other tissue that make up a person's total body weight |
| StressEating | | Measures the amount of oxygen consumed |
| Satiation | | A brain center that controls activities such as maintenance of water balance, regulation of body temp., and control of appetite |
| Hunger | | The reduced ability of insulin to regulate glucose metabolism |
