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Nutrition Science: Energy Balance And Obesity
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health-and-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Theory that one's body tends to gravitate to a particular weight
android
set point theory
aerboic exercise
thrifty metabolism
2. The fat that is found right under the skin's surface
thrifty metabolism
subcutaneous fat
1500 - 25
1000
3. Food availity - boredom - etc. are ______ cues
external
1200
omega number
2/3
4. Lighter people eat _______ or more meals per day
3
visceral fat
basal metabolic rate
subcutaneous fat
5. Also known as apple shape - most of the fat is carried abdominally - associated with grater disease risk - usually men
hyperplasia
inhibits
thermic effect of food
android
6. Tissue growth through an increase in cell number
hyperplasia
total energy expenditure
1200
alcohol - stress hormones
7. Basal metabloic processes occur in _______
thermic effect of food
higher
alcohol - stress hormones
lean tissue
8. The thermic effect of food account for about ____ % of food intake
basal metabolic rate
external
zero energy balance
10
9. Alternative to measuring amount of fat layer under the skin - use these tools
skin fold callipers
genes - environment
2/3
BMI
10. Fiber rich food will ____ eating and increase _____
staying the same
long - short
bod pod
slow - satiety
11. Men are typically _______ % body fat
alcohol - stress hormones
10
15-20
staying the same
12. The number of cases of a condition in a given population or the proportion of the population suffering from that condition
staying the same
body composition
1500 - 25
prevalence
13. Your basal (or resting) metabolic rate is most reliably and directly related to:
lean tissue
lean body mass
calorie
bod pod
14. 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
positive balance
higher
1200
15. Energy cost of eating - digesting - abosorbtion - transporting - storing - and metabolizing nutrients
visceral fat
calorie
thermic effect of food
20-27
16. Coffin like device that is part of new technology that can calculate body mass by measuring air displacement
calories
15-20
female athlete triad
bod pod
17. Tables originally designed by insurance companies - describe normal height to weight ratio
obesity
height-weight tables
android
alcohol - stress hormones
18. People with higher body weights have a ______ energy expenditure
basal resting metabolism
anerobically
long - short
higher
19. When trying to lose weight you should eat regular ______ containing meals
carbohydrate
2-5
thermic effect of food
slow - satiety
20. Loss of lean body mass is the ____ term effect of not eating - while a slower metabolism and gluconeogenesis are the _____ term effects
skin fold callipers
gynecoid
thermic effect of food
long - short
21. The day's total energy expenditure through basal metabolism only
set point theory
genes - environment
resting energy expenditure
anabolic
22. Obesity is ____ % genetic - with _____ genes related to obesity.
40 -20
positive balance
set point theory
3
23. Number of calories in one pound
3500
ATP
60-65
physical activity
24. Eat when hungry - stop when full
hungry - full
calories
60-65
1000
25. Type of exercise that involves weight training - pilates - etc - isolated movements and a higher level of resistance - can increase BMR
carbohydrate
higher
strength exercise
build lean tissue - eat regular meals
26. Carbon has a valence of:
long - short
4
body composition
BMI
27. Measure used to define android obesity - a ratio greater than 1:1:1
amenorrhea
alcohol - stress hormones
external
hip to waist ratio
28. Rate at which basal metabolism occurs
inhibits
basal metabolic rate
negative balance
visceral fat
29. Eat ____ energy dense diets - aka more food for less calories
inhibits
obesity
ATP
less
30. A genetically determined - energy efficient metabolism - an adaptation useful for a storing fat in times of food shortage
thrifty metabolism
using
genes - environment
android
31. You can minimize muscle loss during weight loss by _____ your muscles
internal
android
using
40 -20
32. Tissue growth through an increase in cell size
hypertrophy
lean tissue
lean body mass
lower
33. 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
2/3
body impedance analysis
underwater weighing
BMI
34. Men are typically _______ % body fat
15-20
Pima Indians
thermic effect of food
amenorrhea
35. Fat found interspresed within the muscle fibers
intramuscular fat
slow - satiety
2-5
anerobically
36. Fat can NEVER be used as a fuel _______
lower
ATP
heat
anerobically
37. Tissue growth through an increase in cell number
3
hyperplasia
body composition
1500 - 25
38. ______ calories = one kilocalorie
1000
intramuscular fat
carbohydrate
basal metabolic rate
39. Tables originally designed by insurance companies - describe normal height to weight ratio
height-weight tables
staying the same
2/3
2/3
40. Carbon has a valence of:
female athlete triad
1200
4
positive balance
41. Percent of total energy expenditure done by physical acitivity
4
60-65
calorie
25-35
42. Basal metabloic processes occur in _______
inhibits
positive balance
lean tissue
fat
43. A very low calorie diet will have less than ______ kcals per day
female athlete triad
amenorrhea
1200
strength exercise
44. Percent of total energy expenditure done by basal metabolic rate
60-65
thrifty metabolism
1500 - 25
slow - satiety
45. Of people trying to lose weight - over the course of a year only _____ % are succesful
lean body mass
external
3
2/3
46. Loss of lean body mass is the ____ term effect of not eating - while a slower metabolism and gluconeogenesis are the _____ term effects
BMI
long - short
2-5
higher
47. High energy chemical compound used in the body ti transfer energy from nutrients to various life processes
ATP
zero energy balance
less
anerobically
48. Resting energy expenditure makes up ______ of total energy expenditure
resting energy expenditure
ATP
2/3
build lean tissue - eat regular meals
49. Energy intake > energy output - gaining weight
obesity
BMI
carbohydrate
positive balance
50. Women are typically ________ % body fat
thermic effect of food
skin fold callipers
genes - environment
20-27