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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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1. When trying to lose weight you should eat regular ______ containing meals
carbohydrate
long - short
omega number
subcutaneous fat
2. ______ calories = one kilocalorie
anabolic
hungry - full
catabolic
1000
3. 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
obesity
long - short
intramuscular fat
4. Also known as pear shaped - fat is stored in the hips and buttocks - more common in women
15-20
internal
gynecoid
strength exercise
5. Also known as apple shape - most of the fat is carried abdominally - associated with grater disease risk - usually men
genes - environment
omega number
android
1500 - 25
6. An increased risk in heart disease - cancer - type 2 diabetes - stroke - hypertension - and arthritis are all associated with
android
staying the same
underwater weighing
obesity
7. Less lean mass will ______ your basal metabolic rate
lean body mass
android
genes - environment
lower
8. _______ and ________ promote abdominal fat
alcohol - stress hormones
slow - satiety
60-65
using
9. Lighter people eat _______ or more meals per day
3
set point theory
catabolic
calories
10. The increase in risk seen in a high risk group over that seen on the lowest risk group
relative risk
3500
intramuscular fat
staying the same
11. Type of exercise that involves weight training - pilates - etc - isolated movements and a higher level of resistance - can increase BMR
strength exercise
slow - satiety
hyperplasia
less
12. People with lower body weight have a ______ energy expenditure
basal metabolic rate
lower
gynecoid
60-65
13. Fat found interspresed within the muscle fibers
calories
intramuscular fat
amenorrhea
catabolic
14. High energy chemical compound used in the body ti transfer energy from nutrients to various life processes
1000
ATP
omega number
intramuscular fat
15. Carbon has a valence of:
alcohol - stress hormones
thermic effect of food
4
subcutaneous fat
16. Coffin like device that is part of new technology that can calculate body mass by measuring air displacement
bod pod
long - short
staying the same
visceral fat
17. Gold standard for body composition - done in a tank of water - very accurate but not convinient
underwater weighing
3
bod pod
heat
18. Measure used to define android obesity - a ratio greater than 1:1:1
thrifty metabolism
basal resting metabolism
10
hip to waist ratio
19. Also known as apple shape - most of the fat is carried abdominally - associated with grater disease risk - usually men
relative risk
android
underwater weighing
higher
20. Feeling hungry is an _____ cue
internal
2/3
calories
25-35
21. A genetically determined - energy efficient metabolism - an adaptation useful for a storing fat in times of food shortage
thrifty metabolism
obesity
25-35
basal resting metabolism
22. You can minimize muscle loss during weight loss by _____ your muscles
body composition
1000
3
using
23. Fiber rich food will ____ eating and increase _____
slow - satiety
obesity
hypertrophy
physical activity
24. Fat can NEVER be used as a fuel _______
less
fat
using
anerobically
25. 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
thrifty metabolism
amenorrhea
calories
set point theory
26. Obesity is a chronic disease that depends on both ______ and _______
thermic effect of food
genes - environment
2/3
skin fold callipers
27. 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?
hip to waist ratio
50-125
prevalence
2-5
28. Involuntary actions only - such as breathing - heart rate - chemical reations - cellular processes
zero energy balance
prevalence
calorie
basal resting metabolism
29. Meals should be eaten every ____ hours
bod pod
female athlete triad
staying the same
2-5
30. Food availity - boredom - etc. are ______ cues
internal
basal resting metabolism
external
total energy expenditure
31. Percent of total energy expenditure done by basal metabolic rate
amenorrhea
aerboic exercise
60-65
15-20
32. Tissue growth through an increase in cell number
basal resting metabolism
hyperplasia
lean body mass
android
33. Eat ____ energy dense diets - aka more food for less calories
less
height-weight tables
catabolic
body composition
34. Your basal (or resting) metabolic rate is most reliably and directly related to:
lean body mass
underwater weighing
intramuscular fat
calories
35. _______ and ________ promote abdominal fat
resting energy expenditure
alcohol - stress hormones
basal metabolic rate
thermic effect of food
36. Energy intake < energy output - losing weight
resting energy expenditure
resting energy expenditure
lean tissue
negative balance
37. Tissue growth through an increase in cell size
carbohydrate
long - short
hypertrophy
obesity
38. An increased risk in heart disease - cancer - type 2 diabetes - stroke - hypertension - and arthritis are all associated with
Pima Indians
obesity
calories
body composition
39. Some energy is lost as:
relative risk
subcutaneous fat
heat
3500
40. Voluntary muscle action - walking - running - sitting - talking - etc.
physical activity
body composition
aerboic exercise
using
41. Your basal (or resting) metabolic rate is most reliably and directly related to:
1500 - 25
lean body mass
BMI
hip to waist ratio
42. Feeling hungry is an _____ cue
internal
lower
genes - environment
negative balance
43. Of people trying to lose weight - over the course of a year only _____ % are succesful
staying the same
3
BMI
50-125
44. 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
basal resting metabolism
long - short
strength exercise
45. Functional unit of energy
3500
calorie
positive balance
underwater weighing
46. The sum of energy expenditure through REE - physical activity - and the thermal activity of food
total energy expenditure
heat
basal resting metabolism
relative risk
47. Rate at which basal metabolism occurs
body impedance analysis
physical activity
basal metabolic rate
positive balance
48. Coffin like device that is part of new technology that can calculate body mass by measuring air displacement
bod pod
1000
3
height-weight tables
49. High energy chemical compound used in the body ti transfer energy from nutrients to various life processes
less
using
ATP
hyperplasia
50. Men are typically _______ % body fat
negative balance
15-20
40 -20
1200