Exam 11: Achieving and Maintaining a Healthful Body Weight

A body mass index (BMI) between 35.0 and 39.9 is classified as

Waist circumference alone can indicate one's risk for chronic disease.

Because minerals and vitamins have no energy value, they can be disregarded when calculating a day's total energy intake.

Describe three methods used to determine body composition. What are the strengths and limitations of each?

Appetite is a learned behavior.

The set-point theory suggests that our bodies are designed to maintain our weight within a narrow range.

Which of the following individuals would MOST likely have the lowest basal metabolic rate?

Pear-shaped fat patterning is more common in men than in women.

Lower-body obesity significantly increases one's risk for chronic disease.

BMI is a measurement used to determine a person's body composition.

People trying to gain weight should eat slightly more than half of their kilocalories from complex carbohydrates.

Having an excess of body weight that negatively affects health is called

Which of the following is NOT considered a basal function?

Which of the following is FALSE abut Peptide YY (PYY)?

Your college housemate says he is unhappy with the fat he is carrying around his abdomen and wants to achieve a body with less than 8% body fat like the guys in the muscle magazines. He currently plays hockey only once a week and then goes out drinking afterwards. What would you tell him about the location of his body fat and his present target goal of 8% body fat?

The majority of obese people have a depressed basal metabolic rate.

The primary determinant of basal metabolic rate is the amount of lean body mass one has.

Individuals with a body mass index less than 18.5 kg/m2 are classified as

The cells in the hypothalamus that are triggered by low blood glucose and signal hunger are known as

A person with which of the following BMI values has the highest increased risk for premature mortality?