Test your basic knowledge |

Nutrition Science: Energy Balance And Obesity

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A very low calorie diet will have less than ______ kcals per day






2. Fat that surrounds the organs and is located in the abdominal cavity






3. Eat when hungry - stop when full






4. Your basal (or resting) metabolic rate is most reliably and directly related to:






5. Carbon has a valence of:






6. Process that CREATES more complex chemical compounds for energy storage or synthesis - weight gain






7. Tissue growth through an increase in cell number






8. Type of exercise that involves weight training - pilates - etc - isolated movements and a higher level of resistance - can increase BMR






9. You want weight loss to be ______ loss






10. Coffin like device that is part of new technology that can calculate body mass by measuring air displacement






11. Obesity is a chronic disease that depends on both ______ and _______






12. Rate at which basal metabolism occurs






13. Tissue growth through an increase in cell number






14. High energy chemical compound used in the body ti transfer energy from nutrients to various life processes






15. Percent of total energy expenditure done by physical acitivity






16. Theory that one's body tends to gravitate to a particular weight






17. Tables originally designed by insurance companies - describe normal height to weight ratio






18. Men are typically _______ % body fat






19. Measure used to define android obesity - a ratio greater than 1:1:1






20. Functional unit of energy






21. _______ and ________ promote abdominal fat






22. Fat found interspresed within the muscle fibers






23. The fat that is found right under the skin's surface






24. Also known as apple shape - most of the fat is carried abdominally - associated with grater disease risk - usually men






25. Fat can NEVER be used as a fuel _______






26. Gold standard for body composition - done in a tank of water - very accurate but not convinient






27. Involuntary actions only - such as breathing - heart rate - chemical reations - cellular processes






28. The number of cases of a condition in a given population or the proportion of the population suffering from that condition






29. Energy cost of eating - digesting - abosorbtion - transporting - storing - and metabolizing nutrients






30. Gold standard for body composition - done in a tank of water - very accurate but not convinient






31. Resting energy expenditure makes up ______ of total energy expenditure






32. You want weight loss to be ______ loss






33. Also known as pear shaped - fat is stored in the hips and buttocks - more common in women






34. Obesity is ____ % genetic - with _____ genes related to obesity.






35. Basal metabloic processes occur in _______






36. 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






37. People with lower body weight have a ______ energy expenditure






38. Percent of total energy expenditure done by basal metabolic rate






39. Fat that surrounds the organs and is located in the abdominal cavity






40. Type of exercise that is the continous - repetivitve use of large muscles - has a high energy expenditure rate






41. 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?






42. Alternative to measuring amount of fat layer under the skin - use these tools






43. Total body mass is a measure of fat mass+lean mass






44. Processes that BREAKS DOWN complex compounds for energy release or tissue breakdown - weight loss






45. Voluntary muscle action - walking - running - sitting - talking - etc.






46. Less lean mass will ______ your basal metabolic rate






47. High energy chemical compound used in the body ti transfer energy from nutrients to various life processes






48. The first point of unsaturation -and the location of the first double bond are indicated by the:






49. An increased risk in heart disease - cancer - type 2 diabetes - stroke - hypertension - and arthritis are all associated with






50. ______ calories = one kilocalorie