SCOFF questionnaire - Correct Answer-Basic yet reliable set of five questions that help assess whether an eating disorder exists.
Do you make yourself S... [Show More] ick because you feel uncomfortably full?
Do you worry that you have lost Control over how much you eat?
Have you recently lost more than One stone (14 lbs) in a 3-month period?
Do you believe yourself to be Fat when others say you are too thin?
Would you say that Food dominates your life?
Scientific Method - Correct Answer-The process of formulating explanations about the natural world and testing those explanations with experiments and data.
1. Identify a Problem
2. Formulate a hypothesis
3. Design a study to test the hypothesis
4. Collect data
5. Discard or change the hypothesis OR continue testing
Evidence-Based Practice - Correct Answer-A three-pronged approach to working with clients, which consists of making decisions based on the weight of the scientific evidence, field observations, and individual client needs and preferences.
Prediction - Correct Answer-An expected outcome generated from a hypothesis
Theory - Correct Answer-A hypothesis or set of hypotheses for which a large body of high-quality evidence has been accumulated.
Hierarchy of Evidence - Correct Answer-1. Systematic Reviews
2. Randomized Controlled Trials
3. Observational Research
4. Peer Reviews
5. Non-Peer-Reviewed Media, including anecdotes
Anecdote - Correct Answer-an account of a person's experience or event
Uncontrolled Variable - Correct Answer-A variable in an experiment that a scientist makes no effort to manipulate or account for.
Primary Research - Correct Answer-Original research where scientists perform experiments and collect data - this is in contrast to secondary research where scientists analyze data that has already been collected or published elsewhere.
Observational Research - Correct Answer-Research in which a researcher observes ongoing behaviors to determine correlation.
Correlation - Correct Answer-A relationship between two or more variables.
Randomized Control Trial (RCT) - Correct Answer-A type of scientific study/trial where participants are randomly assigned into different groups - one or more will be the intervention to be tested and one will be the control group. Groups are randomized and a control is used in an attempt to reduce potential bias in the trial.
Independent Variable - Correct Answer-The variable scientists manipulate in an experiment.
External Validity - Correct Answer-The ability to generalize the results of a study.
Systematic Review - Correct Answer-A review where scientists systematically gather all research on a topic and evaluate it based on predefined criteria and rules.
Meta-Analysis - Correct Answer-A statistical analysis of a group of studies to assess the overall weight of the evidence.
Empirical - Correct Answer-Based on observation or experience.
Test-Retest Reliability - Correct Answer-The ability to get similar results when something is measured under the same conditions.
Reliability - Correct Answer-The consistency of a measure.
Validity - Correct Answer-The assessment of whether a tool is measuring what it is supposed to measure.
Selection Bias - Correct Answer-A sample of people under study is not representative of the larger population that scientists are looking to make inferences about.
Retrospective - Correct Answer-Describes a study that looks backward in time.
Recall Bias - Correct Answer-The inability to accurately remember past behaviors.
Health - Correct Answer-A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Homeostasis - Correct Answer-The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.
Disease - Correct Answer-A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms, affects a specific location, and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
Noncommunicable Disease - Correct Answer-A noncommunicable disease (NCD) is a medical condition or disease that is not caused by infectious agents; it can refer to chronic diseases which last for long periods of time and progress slowly.
Communicable Disease - Correct Answer-Infectious diseases caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi that can be spread (directly or indirectly) from one person to another.
Wellness - Correct Answer-The fluid process of improving the emotional, occupational, physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual components of life, dynamically leading to a better state of health and well-being.
Obese - Correct Answer-A high degree of excess body fat - a BMI greater than 30.
Biometrics - Correct Answer-The technical term for measurements and calculations related to human physical characteristics.
Satiety - Correct Answer-A feeling of fullness and satisfaction.
Palatability - Correct Answer-The degree of pleasure or taste provided by a food - a highly palatable food is one that is tasty and pleasant to consume.
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) - Correct Answer-The energy currency of life.
chemical compound that provides energy to drive muscle contraction, transmission of nerve impulses, and the vast majority of chemical reactions that facilitate human life.
Metabolism - Correct Answer-Chemical processes occurring within the body to convert food to energy.
Thermic Effect of Food (TEF) - Correct Answer-represents the increase in energy expenditure after consuming a meal.
Thermic Effect of Activity (TEA) - Correct Answer-accounts for the most variability of daily energy expenditure.
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) - Correct Answer-energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating or exercising. [Show Less]
