Exam 10: Weight Management and Energy Balance

The difference between the numbers of calories needed to maintain weight before and after weight loss is known as the energy gap.

Which of the following procedures is cosmetic and not a way to lose weight?

One of the easiest ways to assess whether you are at a healthy weight is to

A person in negative energy balance can expect to lose weight.

Techniques that focus on changing the eating patterns that contribute to weight gain or impede weight loss are referred to as behavior modification techniques.

Weight loss resulting from a low- carbohydrate diet is primarily due to

Which of the following BMI values is considered to represent a healthy weight?

Which of the following surgeries involves the removal of subcutaneous fat?

Which of the following statements correctly describes a factor that contributes to the growing obesity epidemic?

Briefly describe the environmental factors that contribute to the growing obesity problem in the United States today.

A BodPod measures air displacement as a method of estimating BMI.

List the medical complications that can result from laxative abuse.

Hormone fluctuations before a woman ovulates tend to increase her BMR.

Nonexercise- associated thermogenesis (NEAT) is the energy expenditure that occurs during fidgeting, standing, and chewing gum.

Deciding to begin eating breakfast and to skip a snack before lunch is an example of behavior modification.

Which of the following hormones is produced in the stomach and stimulates hunger?

A woman with a hip circumference of more than 35 inches is at a higher risk for certain diseases than a woman with slimmer hips.

The release of which of the following hormones is signaled when the stomach is distended?

Which of the following prescription weight- loss medications inhibits an intestinal enzyme needed for the breakdown of fat?

List at least three warning signs for eating disorders.