Exam 15: The Complexity of Obesity: Beyond Energy Balance

Risk of being overweight is inversely related to intakes of:

To promote weight loss, diet plans should be:

An example of a policy change that would modify the environment to decrease calorie intakes is:

In counseling overweight clients, clinical dietitians should begin with:

A drug that blocks production and secretion of lipase from the pancreas is:

People with prediabetes may avoid development of full-blown type 2 diabetes if they lose:

The widely used sweetener that appears to be associated with increased calorie intakes in recent years is:

Individuals who have deficient levels of leptin are likely to be:

An example of a peptide hormone produced by the GI tract that influences food intake is:

One reason that obesity is increasing in children is because many of them:

The three components that identify obesity as a disease are:

The prevalence of obesity is higher in:

One physiologic factor associated with weight gain is a high rate of:

Attitudes toward people who are obese tend to be:

An example of behavioral therapy is:

A hormone that is related to the amount of body fat is:

One possible side effect of treatment with orlistat is that:

The stage of change in which people actually start making changes to help them lose weight is:

A potential side effect of gastric bypass surgery is:

In order to be eligible to use weight-loss medications, an otherwise healthy individual must have a body mass index (BMI) above: