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Nutrition Science: Energy Balance And Obesity
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Subject
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health-and-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A cessation of normal menstuation caused by inadequate estrogen levels resulting from excessively low body fat - causes bone mineral loss and leads to weakened bones
amenorrhea
carbohydrate
basal metabolic rate
relative risk
2. Functional unit of energy
skin fold callipers
basal resting metabolism
calorie
long - short
3. Number of calories in one pound
staying the same
3500
build lean tissue - eat regular meals
anabolic
4. Small electrodes are placed on the body and the body's resistance to the flow of an electrical charge is measured - well conducting means more lean mass because there is more water
body impedance analysis
underwater weighing
40 -20
build lean tissue - eat regular meals
5. Processes that BREAKS DOWN complex compounds for energy release or tissue breakdown - weight loss
internal
10
hypertrophy
catabolic
6. Tissue growth through an increase in cell size
hypertrophy
25-35
underwater weighing
3
7. When trying to lose weight you should eat regular ______ containing meals
anabolic
carbohydrate
lower
1500 - 25
8. Energy cost of eating - digesting - abosorbtion - transporting - storing - and metabolizing nutrients
body composition
thermic effect of food
slow - satiety
40 -20
9. An increased risk in heart disease - cancer - type 2 diabetes - stroke - hypertension - and arthritis are all associated with
catabolic
obesity
inhibits
1000
10. Percent of total energy expenditure done by physical acitivity
total energy expenditure
omega number
25-35
android
11. Two things you can do to increase your basal metabloic rate
BMI
50-125
build lean tissue - eat regular meals
25-35
12. Group that is known for their thrifty metabolism
60-65
4
Pima Indians
body impedance analysis
13. Coffin like device that is part of new technology that can calculate body mass by measuring air displacement
4
4
bod pod
android
14. The sum of energy expenditure through REE - physical activity - and the thermal activity of food
fat
negative balance
total energy expenditure
long - short
15. Your basal (or resting) metabolic rate is most reliably and directly related to:
height-weight tables
1200
staying the same
lean body mass
16. Obesity is a chronic disease that depends on both ______ and _______
calories
anabolic
genes - environment
3
17. A very low calorie diet will have less than ______ kcals per day
muscle building - water retention
alcohol - stress hormones
basal resting metabolism
1200
18. Food availity - boredom - etc. are ______ cues
slow - satiety
hyperplasia
lean tissue
external
19. Men are typically _______ % body fat
android
15-20
calorie
carbohydrate
20. Theory that one's body tends to gravitate to a particular weight
female athlete triad
15-20
slow - satiety
set point theory
21. The thermic effect of food account for about ____ % of food intake
basal metabolic rate
body impedance analysis
less
10
22. You can minimize muscle loss during weight loss by _____ your muscles
using
intramuscular fat
internal
android
23. _______ and ________ promote abdominal fat
alcohol - stress hormones
fat
3
10
24. Total body mass is a measure of fat mass+lean mass
catabolic
body composition
lower
external
25. A genetically determined - energy efficient metabolism - an adaptation useful for a storing fat in times of food shortage
staying the same
long - short
body impedance analysis
thrifty metabolism
26. When trying to lose weight you should eat regular ______ containing meals
Pima Indians
thermic effect of food
basal metabolic rate
carbohydrate
27. Fiber rich food will ____ eating and increase _____
external
lower
calorie
slow - satiety
28. The thermic effect of food account for about ____ % of food intake
less
hyperplasia
10
bod pod
29. Eat when hungry - stop when full
hungry - full
10
physical activity
obesity
30. Meals should be eaten every ____ hours
2-5
anerobically
BMI
gynecoid
31. Type of exercise that is the continous - repetivitve use of large muscles - has a high energy expenditure rate
hip to waist ratio
aerboic exercise
fat
slow - satiety
32. Process that CREATES more complex chemical compounds for energy storage or synthesis - weight gain
obesity
40 -20
long - short
anabolic
33. People with higher body weights have a ______ energy expenditure
25-35
10
higher
genes - environment
34. High fat diets typically have more _____
ATP
calories
muscle building - water retention
internal
35. The number of cases of a condition in a given population or the proportion of the population suffering from that condition
lean tissue
3
prevalence
bod pod
36. Women are typically ________ % body fat
basal resting metabolism
Pima Indians
height-weight tables
20-27
37. Processes that BREAKS DOWN complex compounds for energy release or tissue breakdown - weight loss
resting energy expenditure
25-35
catabolic
2-5
38. Eat ____ energy dense diets - aka more food for less calories
less
build lean tissue - eat regular meals
underwater weighing
omega number
39. An athlete in elite-level training for an endurance sport will probably expend an amount of energy equivalent to what percent of their basal metabolic rate in physical activity?
50-125
thermic effect of food
alcohol - stress hormones
3500
40. Less lean mass will ______ your basal metabolic rate
android
lower
calories
long - short
41. High endurance sports like rowing - running - and nordic skiing can use up to ______ kcal and hour - whereas sitting uses about ______ k/cal an hour
omega number
body impedance analysis
1500 - 25
4
42. Fat that surrounds the organs and is located in the abdominal cavity
prevalence
fat
visceral fat
slow - satiety
43. People with lower body weight have a ______ energy expenditure
15-20
lower
set point theory
staying the same
44. Number of calories in one pound
catabolic
1200
3500
female athlete triad
45. When absolute amounts of fat (number of grams) are considered - fat consumption in the US is:
prevalence
staying the same
hungry - full
total energy expenditure
46. The increase in risk seen in a high risk group over that seen on the lowest risk group
1200
25-35
internal
relative risk
47. Also known as pear shaped - fat is stored in the hips and buttocks - more common in women
4
gynecoid
2-5
Pima Indians
48. Alcohol ______ fat metabolism
3
inhibits
1500 - 25
strength exercise
49. Alcohol ______ fat metabolism
2-5
staying the same
inhibits
zero energy balance
50. A genetically determined - energy efficient metabolism - an adaptation useful for a storing fat in times of food shortage
lower
height-weight tables
thrifty metabolism
thermic effect of food