ESS 288 - Body Composition and Weight Management

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Kapiolani Community College

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2 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): FSHE 185; ZOOL 141; ZOOL 141L; ZOOL 142; ZOOL 142L; credit or concurrent enrollment in ESS 254 and ESS 280. ESS 288 is a course that concentrates on the control of body composition by understanding energy balance. The course examines the factors that lead to an overweight/obese condition, and the impact it has on many aspects of health. The principles and techniques for measuring body composition and metabolic rate will be studied. This will lead to an examination of the effect that physical activity has on body composition, as well as its influence on physical, cardiovascular, metabolic fitness, and weight management. 7 Upon successful completion of ESS 288, the student should be able to: Know the prevalence of overweight/obese condition in the populations and sources of its development. Be familiar with mortality and morbidity associated with the overweight /obese condition and the related costs in health. Define the factors that contribute to development of the overweight /obese condition. Know how to measure energy/nutrient intake, output in order to calculate an energy balance. Describe the changes in adipose and muscle tissue that occur in the overweight /obese condition. Know the general effect of physical activity on body composition. Know how the level of physical activity is related to weight control in adults, seniors, pregnant women, and severely obese individuals, in addition to maintenance of weight loss. Be aware of the impact of physical activity on the altered metabolism and health of the obese condition. Know about the factors that support the transition to greater physical activity. Be familiar with the principles on which common methods of measuring body composition are based. Measure body composition and changes using the common techniques on children, adults, elderly, and athletes, and account for ethnicity for more exact interpretation. Measure metabolism with instruments that determine oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, respiratory quotient, substrate metabolism, and energy expenditure. Measure metabolism and heart rate associated with different levels of activity from Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) to submaximal exercise, and changes due to food intake. Develop quantitative relationships between heart rate, substrate metabolism, energy, and ventilation to define the indices of metabolic, cardiovascular, and pulmonary fitness. Construct substrate metabolism/energy-use profiles to determine the effect of activity pattern changes on energy output and physical and physiological fitness. Determine a nutrient/substrate/energy intake analysis and protein balance. Calculate an energy balance analysis using the values for food intake, activity output, and resulting changes in body composition.

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1.00

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kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

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(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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