Exam 7: Managing Your Weight: Finding a Healthy Balance

If a person eliminates breads,pastas and high carbohydrate foods,he/she will lose weight.

The first step in managing one's weight is an honest self-assessment.

The part of the brain that regulates appetite is the ________________________.

Farrah has decided to seek treatment for her anorexia.What will the first goal of her treatment be?

The unit of measurement which indicates the amount of energy obtained from a particular food is known as a calorie.

List three ways to substitute behaviours in place of dietary "triggers."

Which of the following is true about people who suffer from anorexia nervosa?

A method used by athletes to control their weight by means of compulsive exercising is known as anorexia athletica.

Lucy has been trying to lose weight all her life.She often goes on starvation diets,only to gain the weight back,go back to starving,gain the weight back etc.This is called ______________________.

Jose is obese due to an abnormally high number of fat cells.This is called ____________________.

While the use of BMI classifications is helpful in determining risk of disease in the majority of people,it is not accurate in all cases.An example of a person for whom using BMI to assess risk of disease would be someone who __________________.

Valerie and her friends went to a buffet supper at their college residence.Valerie ate her salad,main course,and 2 desserts,and then she declared that she was full.This feeling of fullness can also be called _____________________.

Binge-eating disorder occurs predominantly in thin patients.

If Sarah adds a granola bar (which contains 140 calories)to her daily food intake,but she does not exercise or change her diet in any way,how many days would pass before she gained one kilogram? When you consume 7500 calories,your body gains one kilogram.

Which of the following is an example of a dietary "trigger?"

The rate of bulimia among men is about 10% more than women.

Many people avert individual responsibility for their obesity and blame it on an inactive ________ gland.

Christa is a marathon runner who has amenorrhea.What is the most probable cause of her condition?

Belinda always eats when she sits down to watch television.Watching television is an example of a _______________________.

Body fat is categorized in two types: essential and _____________________________.