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Nutrition Science: Energy Balance And Obesity

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Theory that one's body tends to gravitate to a particular weight






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






3. Food availity - boredom - etc. are ______ cues






4. Lighter people eat _______ or more meals per day






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






6. Tissue growth through an increase in cell number






7. Basal metabloic processes occur in _______






8. The thermic effect of food account for about ____ % of food intake






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






10. Fiber rich food will ____ eating and increase _____






11. Men are typically _______ % body fat






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






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






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?






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






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






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






18. People with higher body weights have a ______ energy expenditure






19. When trying to lose weight you should eat regular ______ containing meals






20. Loss of lean body mass is the ____ term effect of not eating - while a slower metabolism and gluconeogenesis are the _____ term effects






21. The day's total energy expenditure through basal metabolism only






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






23. Number of calories in one pound






24. Eat when hungry - stop when full






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






26. Carbon has a valence of:






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






28. Rate at which basal metabolism occurs






29. Eat ____ energy dense diets - aka more food for less calories






30. A genetically determined - energy efficient metabolism - an adaptation useful for a storing fat in times of food shortage






31. You can minimize muscle loss during weight loss by _____ your muscles






32. Tissue growth through an increase in cell size






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






34. Men are typically _______ % body fat






35. Fat found interspresed within the muscle fibers






36. Fat can NEVER be used as a fuel _______






37. Tissue growth through an increase in cell number






38. ______ calories = one kilocalorie






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






40. Carbon has a valence of:






41. Percent of total energy expenditure done by physical acitivity






42. Basal metabloic processes occur in _______






43. A very low calorie diet will have less than ______ kcals per day






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






45. Of people trying to lose weight - over the course of a year only _____ % are succesful






46. Loss of lean body mass is the ____ term effect of not eating - while a slower metabolism and gluconeogenesis are the _____ term effects






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






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






49. Energy intake > energy output - gaining weight






50. Women are typically ________ % body fat