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Nutrition Science: Energy Balance And Obesity
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health-and-nutrition
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1. Meals should be eaten every ____ hours
2-5
40 -20
body impedance analysis
20-27
2. The combination of low bone density - amenorrhea - and eating disorder that is seen in female athletes with very little body fat
inhibits
skin fold callipers
15-20
female athlete triad
3. Your basal (or resting) metabolic rate is most reliably and directly related to:
lean body mass
anerobically
aerboic exercise
long - short
4. Obesity is a chronic disease that depends on both ______ and _______
thrifty metabolism
genes - environment
2/3
long - short
5. Involuntary actions only - such as breathing - heart rate - chemical reations - cellular processes
positive balance
heat
skin fold callipers
basal resting metabolism
6. The fat that is found right under the skin's surface
catabolic
subcutaneous fat
lean body mass
total energy expenditure
7. Involuntary actions only - such as breathing - heart rate - chemical reations - cellular processes
basal resting metabolism
android
staying the same
physical activity
8. Alternative to measuring amount of fat layer under the skin - use these tools
skin fold callipers
thrifty metabolism
female athlete triad
50-125
9. Tissue growth through an increase in cell number
hyperplasia
thermic effect of food
gynecoid
4
10. Loss of lean body mass is the ____ term effect of not eating - while a slower metabolism and gluconeogenesis are the _____ term effects
fat
long - short
gynecoid
strength exercise
11. Women are typically ________ % body fat
40 -20
basal resting metabolism
subcutaneous fat
20-27
12. Energy cost of eating - digesting - abosorbtion - transporting - storing - and metabolizing nutrients
heat
android
underwater weighing
thermic effect of food
13. When trying to lose weight you should eat regular ______ containing meals
carbohydrate
lower
thrifty metabolism
external
14. Gold standard for body composition - done in a tank of water - very accurate but not convinient
height-weight tables
heat
basal metabolic rate
underwater weighing
15. Energy intake < energy output - losing weight
body composition
slow - satiety
visceral fat
negative balance
16. Fat that surrounds the organs and is located in the abdominal cavity
3500
visceral fat
lower
1000
17. The increase in risk seen in a high risk group over that seen on the lowest risk group
relative risk
BMI
positive balance
2/3
18. Total body mass is a measure of fat mass+lean mass
aerboic exercise
60-65
strength exercise
body composition
19. Carbon has a valence of:
inhibits
4
muscle building - water retention
hungry - full
20. Processes that BREAKS DOWN complex compounds for energy release or tissue breakdown - weight loss
gynecoid
catabolic
3500
genes - environment
21. High fat diets typically have more _____
body impedance analysis
calories
thermic effect of food
physical activity
22. The day's total energy expenditure through basal metabolism only
resting energy expenditure
heat
lean tissue
4
23. Fiber rich food will ____ eating and increase _____
hyperplasia
slow - satiety
ATP
heat
24. Tables originally designed by insurance companies - describe normal height to weight ratio
2-5
visceral fat
height-weight tables
lean tissue
25. Meals should be eaten every ____ hours
2-5
3
lower
intramuscular fat
26. Processes that BREAKS DOWN complex compounds for energy release or tissue breakdown - weight loss
body composition
prevalence
catabolic
Pima Indians
27. Eat ____ energy dense diets - aka more food for less calories
body composition
10
less
basal resting metabolism
28. You can minimize muscle loss during weight loss by _____ your muscles
hip to waist ratio
using
1500 - 25
thermic effect of food
29. The day's total energy expenditure through basal metabolism only
female athlete triad
25-35
resting energy expenditure
heat
30. Fat found interspresed within the muscle fibers
15-20
intramuscular fat
resting energy expenditure
negative balance
31. Percent of total energy expenditure done by physical acitivity
25-35
slow - satiety
body impedance analysis
lean tissue
32. High endurance sports like rowing - running - and nordic skiing can use up to ______ kcal and hour - whereas sitting uses about ______ k/cal an hour
thrifty metabolism
1500 - 25
10
catabolic
33. Voluntary muscle action - walking - running - sitting - talking - etc.
physical activity
body composition
thermic effect of food
anerobically
34. Eat when hungry - stop when full
staying the same
15-20
hip to waist ratio
hungry - full
35. Two things you can do to increase your basal metabloic rate
15-20
15-20
heat
build lean tissue - eat regular meals
36. Energy intake < energy output - losing weight
20-27
negative balance
staying the same
1000
37. A very low calorie diet will have less than ______ kcals per day
basal resting metabolism
hungry - full
amenorrhea
1200
38. The sum of energy expenditure through REE - physical activity - and the thermal activity of food
total energy expenditure
1000
skin fold callipers
amenorrhea
39. Women are typically ________ % body fat
underwater weighing
build lean tissue - eat regular meals
heat
20-27
40. Lighter people eat _______ or more meals per day
slow - satiety
visceral fat
lower
3
41. Type of exercise that involves weight training - pilates - etc - isolated movements and a higher level of resistance - can increase BMR
lean body mass
strength exercise
zero energy balance
internal
42. Number of calories in one pound
3500
android
3
2-5
43. Coffin like device that is part of new technology that can calculate body mass by measuring air displacement
bod pod
long - short
hip to waist ratio
inhibits
44. Energy intake > energy output - gaining weight
anabolic
omega number
positive balance
thermic effect of food
45. Group that is known for their thrifty metabolism
3
Pima Indians
aerboic exercise
3
46. Some energy is lost as:
visceral fat
BMI
heat
lower
47. A genetically determined - energy efficient metabolism - an adaptation useful for a storing fat in times of food shortage
slow - satiety
3
thrifty metabolism
bod pod
48. Men are typically _______ % body fat
genes - environment
hip to waist ratio
anabolic
15-20
49. The number of cases of a condition in a given population or the proportion of the population suffering from that condition
calories
prevalence
physical activity
set point theory
50. Theory that one's body tends to gravitate to a particular weight
ATP
long - short
set point theory
60-65
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