Score for this quiz: 100 out of 100 MAKE SURE TO USE CORRECT ANSWERS IN RED !!! Name at least 2 examples of when negative energy balance occurs. Your
... [Show More] Answer: Negative energy balance occurs if fewer calories are consumed than calories expected. This can happen intentionally or unintentioanlly. Intentionally happens due to limitd calories and/or exercise is increased with weight loss goals. Unintentially, such as when someone is suffering an illness such as HIV or Cancer. Also, when someone is suffering from a major burn. During illness or trauma that affects appetite or intake, healing, or as an intentional weight loss strategy. Match the following words to their definitions: Physical activity Thermic effect of food Correct Answer Accounts for about 10% of the calories expended Thermogenesis Correct Answer Accounts for a very small amount of energy What is the formula (including units) to calculating Body Mass Index (BMI) Your Answer: BMI = weight (kg)/height2 (meters) BMI = weight (kg) / height^2(meters) Which of the following populations would not be advised to use the general BMI? Select all that apply: Children Pregnant/breastfeeding moms Short stature adults Correct Answer Muscular individuals Elderly Which method below is used to determine a person’s body fat by using an instrument that emits a small dose of radiation to measure the amount of fat, lean tissue, and bone in an individual? Underwater weighing Bioelectrical impedance DEXA Anthropometrics Caliper calculation Other than location of body fat and weight, name at least 2 other important indicators of obesity. Your Answer: 1.) Poor health/diseases 2.) Poor eating habits / lack of physical activity OPTIONS: • Amount (percentage) of body fat, Browser + Webcam • waist circumference, • waist-to-hip-ratio True or false. If false, rewrite to make the statement true. Nature is the influence of environmental factors that play a role in body composition. Your Answer: False - Nurture FALSE: Nurture is the influence of environmental factors that play a role in body composition OR Nature is the influence of genetic factors that play a role in body composition. A states that each of us has a genetically predetermined body weight and that the body will resist change beyond this set point. The hormone B is involved. Your Answer: A. Set Point Theory B. Leptin A. Set point theory B. leptin List the daily standards of calorie control for males and females. Your Answer: Browser + Webcam Males: 1,500 calories Females: 1,200 calories Males - 1,500 calories Females - 1,200 calories Joyce was comparing two nutrition labels for snacks at the grocery store. Snack #1 had 158 calories per serving and 5 g of total fat, while Snack #2 had 175 calories and 2 g of fat. Which snack would be the better choice for Joyce’s weight loss goals and why? Your Answer: Snack number one would be the better snack choice because of the low calorie count. Even though snack number two has less fat, monoriting calorie count is more effective for weight loss. Snack #1 because when looking at labels and comparing products, remember that calories are important, regardless of whether they come from fat, carbohydrates, or protein. Along with limiting high fat foods and measuring portion sizes, what are at least 2 more recommended behaviors for controlling calories? (Note behavior modification is not to be listed as a recommendation) Your Answer: 1.) Counting calories by keeping a journal and/or referrencing from MyPlate tracker and menu planner. 2.) Reading and following by nutrition labels • Nutrition label reading • keeping a food journal/diary/record • limiting empty calorie foods/foods high in sugar 4 / 4 pts Why can foods advertised as “low-fat” and “fat-free” really not be advantageous for weight loss? Your Answer: low fat and fat free really not be advatageous for weight loss because these foods still may include sugars, starch or thickeners which can add calories to diet. As an example, adding suppliments (like table spoon salt or arrtificial sugar) to make the food taste better will add calorie count rather than eating it as such. The calorie difference between low-fat and its regular counterpart can be marginal as extra sugar (or salt) can be used to improve the taste. Additionally, the lack of fat or simply the knowledge that the product is lower in calories, may lead you to actually eat more of a low- fat product. The end result is often the consumption of more calories than if you had just ingested the regular product initially. Mick has decided to eat more fruits and vegetables to improve his overall health and hopefully lose weight. He has purchased a high speed blender and is making fruit and vegetable smoothies. However, he is not seeing the results on the scale that he thought he would. Why might smoothies not be helpful to his weight loss goals? Your Answer: He may be suffering with a disease due to his body not being able to absord the nutrients of these healthy food groups in smoothies. Drinks can have high calories but not lead to a feeling of fullness or satiety, so people will also ingest food as well, and exceed their calorie intake or allowance for weight loss and maintenance. Which of the following is linked to physical activity? Select all that apply. Decreased stress level Mood improvement Increased productivity Maintained bone health Decreased lean body mass True or false. If false, explain why it is false. Science now shows that individuals must be active for a continuous period of 60 minutes for it to be beneficial. Your Answer: True False: Science now shows that increments of activity that add up to 60 minutes can be just as beneficial. True or false. If false, explain why it is false. Current recommendations are for 30-45 minutes of activity per day for adults. Your Answer: Browser + Webcam False: At least 60 minutes minimum of activity per day for adults, not 30-45 minutes FALSE: Current recommendations are for 60-90 minutes of activity per day for adults. Along with aerobic exercise, list the 2 other categories of physical exercise shown to be beneficial to overall health. Your Answer: 1.) Stretching 2.) Resistance training • Resistance (or strength) training • Stretching True or false. If the statement is false, explain why it is false. Chain breaking describes how certain factors can prevent us from reaching our weight loss goals. Your Answer: False - behavior modifications describes how certain factors can prevent us from reaching or weight loss goals, not chain breaking. FALSE: Behavior modification describes how certain factors can prevent us from reaching our weight loss goals. OR Chain breaking is breaking the tie that connects two or more behaviors that encourage overeating. 0 / 4 pts Jill is trying to reduce her calories and increase her activity level to lose weight. She works in a business office, and when things get busy and stressful, she likes to go to the vending machine and get a candy bar. As part of her new lifestyle change, instead of going to the vending machine for a break, she decides to walk around the building instead. What kind of behavior modification is Jill demonstrating? Your Answer: Stimulus Control Cognitive restructuring Which of the following would be an example of a social support that is part of a social program? Nutra system Physician Dietitian Correct Answer Community college with a cooking class Weight Watchers app to track calories List the 3 drastic weight loss measures that can be taken if an individual has a BMI of >30, or >27 with co-morbid health risks. Your Answer: 1.) underwater weighing 2.) DEXA 3.) Bioelectrical impedace Medications Extremely low-calorie diet Surgery List at least 2 types of states that can cause an individual to be underweight, and a specific example from that state. Your Answer: 1.) Anorexia Nervosa - limiting intake of food, nearly starvation. 2.) Bulimia Nervosa - binge eating food and then vomiting it out. OPTIONS Disease: GI disorder like irritable bowel disease, AIDS, cancer Genetics: inherit a small frame size Eating disorder: excessive diet/exercise, bulimia/anorexia True or false. If false, explain why it is false. For underweight individuals, physical activity is focused on building muscle mass. Your Answer: Browser + Webcam True True Which of the below would be a sound dietary suggestion to help an underweight person gain weight. Only eating at meal times Keep beverages only to water Add healthy fats to meals increase fluid consumption to increase satiety A diet invented by two nutritionists in the UK is called the Sirtfood Diet. It has been touted by celebrities like Pippa Middleton and the singer Adele. The basis of the diet is to eat a group of foods the nutritionists’ call “sirtfoods” because they believe they will activate “skinny genes” that mimic the effects of fasting and exercise. Not only will people on the diet lose weight quickly, but it will increase energy, health and decrease inflammation in the body. Along with eating the “sirt foods”, dieters must restrict calories 1,000 for the majority of days in a week by drinking green juice (dieters will need a good juicer that generally costs about $100) and eating 1 meal a day. The other days, dieters must still replace 1 meal a day with green juice and only eat up to 1,500 calories per day. Part 1: Is the Sirtfood diet a fad diet? List at least 3 pieces of evidence to support your answer. Browser + Webcam Part 2: Based on the description of the diet, what type of diet category (low fat, low carb, novelty) does it fit? Explain your answer. Your Answer: Part 1: Is the Sirtfood diet a fad diet? List at least 3 pieces of evidence to support your answer: YES! 1. Celebrities are being endorse to promote the Sirtfood Diet which would be consider a fad. 2. The Sirtfood Diet only focuses on specific food groups, not all. 3. Expensive and quick weight loss. Part 2: Based on the description of the diet, what type of diet category (low fat, low carb, novelty) does it fit? The Sirtfood Diet only focuses on certain food groups and shows rapid weight loss but it is not proven. Therefore, the diet category would be novelty. Part 1: Yes, options for evidence include: quick weight loss, celebrity endorsement, limited selection of foods, expensive (juicer necessary), cure all (energy, better health, decreased inflammation), does not recognize role of exercise Part 2: Novelty - it promotes specific foods for weight loss that are not scientifically proven. Show Less [Show Less]