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A person with a body mass index less than 18.5 is ________.

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An index of a person's weight in relation to height is called ____.


A) body mass index
B) height-to-weight index
C) ideal body weight index
D) desirable body weight index
E) BMR

F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

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Which term describes the combination of disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis?


A) female athlete triad
B) triathlete medical disorder
C) high stress tertiary disorder
D) nonadaptable training syndrome
E) athletic hormonal disruption

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

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Which of the following can be used to gauge the amount of a person's abdominal fat or central obesity?


A) BMI
B) height
C) age
D) waist circumference
E) Cholesterol Levels.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Obesity is second only to _________ in causing premature deaths.


A) motor vehicle accidents
B) tobacco
C) underweight
D) suicide
E) alcohol

F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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Among the following, which has the greatest power to suppress hunger?


A) carrots
B) french fries
C) biscuits
D) potato chips
E) chocolate

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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To assess body composition and central obesity, health-care professionals most often use BMI and


A) age and height
B) essential body fat
C) hydrodensitometry
D) waist circumference
E) adaptive thermogenesis efficiency

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Premises
Approximate number of kcalories in 1 pound of body fat
The BMI of a healthy weight person
A feeling that says "do not start eating again"
Intra-abdominal fat
Technique used to measure the amount of oxygen consumed when a food burns
Changes in energy expenditure due to physiological events
A feeling that says "stop eating"
Percentage of energy expended during digestion and absorption of protein
Painful sensation that initiates food-seeking behavior
A factor that lowers basal metabolism
Fat stored directly under the skin
Percentage of fat per pound of weight gained over time
Fat in locations other than adipose tissue
Instrument used to measure food's energy value
Energy expended while resting quietly
Percentage of fat per pound of weight lost via starvation
Estimate of energy needed to process food
Response to the thought of a favorite food
A factor that raises basal metabolism
Risk factor combination that increases heart disease risk
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50
Thermic effect
Adaptive thermogenesis
75
3500
30
Metabolic syndrome
Malnutrition
Appetite
Basal metabolism
Visceral fat
Satiation
22
Satiety
Ectopic fat
Bomb calorimeter
Hunger
Subcutaneous fat
Indirect calorimetry
Sleep

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Approximate number of kcalories in 1 pound of body fat
The BMI of a healthy weight person
A feeling that says "do not start eating again"
Intra-abdominal fat
Technique used to measure the amount of oxygen consumed when a food burns
Changes in energy expenditure due to physiological events
A feeling that says "stop eating"
Percentage of energy expended during digestion and absorption of protein
Painful sensation that initiates food-seeking behavior
A factor that lowers basal metabolism
Fat stored directly under the skin
Percentage of fat per pound of weight gained over time
Fat in locations other than adipose tissue
Instrument used to measure food's energy value
Energy expended while resting quietly
Percentage of fat per pound of weight lost via starvation
Estimate of energy needed to process food
Response to the thought of a favorite food
A factor that raises basal metabolism
Risk factor combination that increases heart disease risk

What term refers to the combination of risk factors-elevated fasting blood glucose, hypertension, abnormal blood lipids, and abdominal obesity-that greatly increase a person's risk of developing heart disease?


A) metabolic syndrome
B) progressive inflammatory disease
C) ectopic cluster syndrome
D) normal-weight obesity syndrome
E) immunological disease

F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

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The energy needed to maintain life when a body is at complete digestive, physical, and emotional rest is called "________."

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