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Nutrition Science: Energy Balance And Obesity
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Subject
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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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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. Alternative to measuring amount of fat layer under the skin - use these tools
BMI
subcutaneous fat
skin fold callipers
gynecoid
2. Eat when hungry - stop when full
less
height-weight tables
10
hungry - full
3. Fat can NEVER be used as a fuel _______
muscle building - water retention
anerobically
heat
1500 - 25
4. Group that is known for their thrifty metabolism
Pima Indians
3
ATP
anerobically
5. Energy intake < energy output - losing weight
heat
1200
negative balance
hyperplasia
6. A height weight relationship used to assess obesity - equal to weight in kilograms over height in meters square - does not discriminate between lean mass and fat tissue
amenorrhea
basal resting metabolism
catabolic
BMI
7. Food availity - boredom - etc. are ______ cues
external
basal metabolic rate
skin fold callipers
hypertrophy
8. Processes that BREAKS DOWN complex compounds for energy release or tissue breakdown - weight loss
zero energy balance
inhibits
calories
catabolic
9. Meals should be eaten every ____ hours
2-5
15-20
catabolic
basal metabolic rate
10. Percent of total energy expenditure done by physical acitivity
female athlete triad
3
zero energy balance
25-35
11. Carbon has a valence of:
omega number
gynecoid
4
set point theory
12. You want weight loss to be ______ loss
female athlete triad
fat
heat
total energy expenditure
13. Alternative to measuring amount of fat layer under the skin - use these tools
skin fold callipers
omega number
body composition
anerobically
14. Your basal (or resting) metabolic rate is most reliably and directly related to:
lean body mass
inhibits
50-125
slow - satiety
15. The first point of unsaturation -and the location of the first double bond are indicated by the:
set point theory
using
resting energy expenditure
omega number
16. Two things you can do to increase your basal metabloic rate
Pima Indians
3
build lean tissue - eat regular meals
lower
17. High fat diets typically have more _____
calories
staying the same
3500
hip to waist ratio
18. The first point of unsaturation -and the location of the first double bond are indicated by the:
obesity
1500 - 25
omega number
bod pod
19. The fat that is found right under the skin's surface
gynecoid
inhibits
subcutaneous fat
amenorrhea
20. Coffin like device that is part of new technology that can calculate body mass by measuring air displacement
external
bod pod
15-20
alcohol - stress hormones
21. People with lower body weight have a ______ energy expenditure
1500 - 25
lower
staying the same
set point theory
22. The number of cases of a condition in a given population or the proportion of the population suffering from that condition
strength exercise
50-125
10
prevalence
23. High endurance sports like rowing - running - and nordic skiing can use up to ______ kcal and hour - whereas sitting uses about ______ k/cal an hour
anerobically
set point theory
ATP
1500 - 25
24. Your basal (or resting) metabolic rate is most reliably and directly related to:
lean body mass
body composition
physical activity
resting energy expenditure
25. A very low calorie diet will have less than ______ kcals per day
1200
bod pod
alcohol - stress hormones
external
26. Basal metabloic processes occur in _______
hypertrophy
25-35
lean tissue
1500 - 25
27. Energy intake > energy output - gaining weight
hip to waist ratio
genes - environment
positive balance
2/3
28. Two things that can mask fat loss
amenorrhea
muscle building - water retention
total energy expenditure
bod pod
29. Fat that surrounds the organs and is located in the abdominal cavity
10
visceral fat
bod pod
4
30. Involuntary actions only - such as breathing - heart rate - chemical reations - cellular processes
basal resting metabolism
aerboic exercise
3
android
31. 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
amenorrhea
ATP
external
anerobically
32. Fat found interspresed within the muscle fibers
subcutaneous fat
height-weight tables
intramuscular fat
less
33. _______ and ________ promote abdominal fat
hungry - full
skin fold callipers
alcohol - stress hormones
negative balance
34. Rate at which basal metabolism occurs
1000
1500 - 25
basal metabolic rate
carbohydrate
35. When absolute amounts of fat (number of grams) are considered - fat consumption in the US is:
staying the same
underwater weighing
carbohydrate
gynecoid
36. Obesity is a chronic disease that depends on both ______ and _______
aerboic exercise
fat
genes - environment
zero energy balance
37. Coffin like device that is part of new technology that can calculate body mass by measuring air displacement
basal metabolic rate
60-65
bod pod
subcutaneous fat
38. Type of exercise that involves weight training - pilates - etc - isolated movements and a higher level of resistance - can increase BMR
resting energy expenditure
strength exercise
total energy expenditure
subcutaneous fat
39. Tissue growth through an increase in cell number
external
android
hyperplasia
slow - satiety
40. Tables originally designed by insurance companies - describe normal height to weight ratio
height-weight tables
catabolic
slow - satiety
ATP
41. High fat diets typically have more _____
basal metabolic rate
female athlete triad
catabolic
calories
42. Obesity is ____ % genetic - with _____ genes related to obesity.
40 -20
10
height-weight tables
1500 - 25
43. High energy chemical compound used in the body ti transfer energy from nutrients to various life processes
ATP
positive balance
1000
long - short
44. Type of exercise that is the continous - repetivitve use of large muscles - has a high energy expenditure rate
bod pod
catabolic
aerboic exercise
2/3
45. The sum of energy expenditure through REE - physical activity - and the thermal activity of food
zero energy balance
set point theory
using
total energy expenditure
46. A genetically determined - energy efficient metabolism - an adaptation useful for a storing fat in times of food shortage
calorie
thrifty metabolism
staying the same
zero energy balance
47. Gold standard for body composition - done in a tank of water - very accurate but not convinient
3
1500 - 25
total energy expenditure
underwater weighing
48. The thermic effect of food account for about ____ % of food intake
calorie
1500 - 25
10
basal metabolic rate
49. Obesity is ____ % genetic - with _____ genes related to obesity.
40 -20
higher
1500 - 25
hypertrophy
50. Energy intake < energy output - losing weight
resting energy expenditure
negative balance
15-20
50-125