PERSONAL WELLNESS CHAPTER 6 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Fat free mass - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅•includes all the body's nonfat tissues: bone, water, muscle,
connective tissue, organ tissues, and teeth.
Body Fat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅incorporated into the nerves, brain, heart, lungs, liver, mammary
glands, and other body organs and tissues
Why do we need body fat? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A certain amount of body fat is necessary for the
body to function.
What are the effects of too much body fat? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is associated with increased risk of
chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Essential fat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fat incorporated in various tissues of the body that is critical for
normal body functioning.
Adipose tissue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅tissue in which fat is stored; fat cells.
Subcutaneous fat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fat located under the skin.
Visceral fat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fat located around major organs; also called intra-abdominal fat.
percent body fat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the proportion of the body's total weight that is fat
Overweight - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅body weight above the recommended range for good health.
•Sometimes defined as a body mass index between 25 and 29.9, a measure of the proportion of weight
to height.
Obesity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅severely overweight, characterized by an excessive accumulation of
body fat.
, •May be defined in terms of some measure of total body weight or a body mass index of 30 or more.
•Severely obese may be defined in terms of some measure of total body weight or a body mass index of
40 or more.
Prevalence of obesity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅increased from 13% in 1960 to 42.4% in 2018.
Possible explanations of increased obesity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅•Increased calorie intake.
•More time spent in sedentary work and leisure activities.
•Fewer short trips on foot and more by automobile.
•Fewer daily gym classes for students.
•More meals eaten outside the home.
•Greater consumption of fast food.
•Increased portion sizes.
•Increased consumption of soft drinks and highly processed convenience foods.
Factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic—stress, social isolation, closure of gyms and other active
spaces, reduction in daily physical activity, and changes to eating habits—may further raise rates of
obesity.
What does obesity do to the mortality rates? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Obesity doubles mortality rates
and can reduce life expectancy by 10-20 years.
Diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a disease that disrupts normal metabolism
•It interferes with insulin production, causing a buildup of glucose in the bloodstream.
•It is currently the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States.
In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 34.4 million Americans have the
disease
What is the key controllable risk factor in diabetes? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅excess body fat
Fat free mass - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅•includes all the body's nonfat tissues: bone, water, muscle,
connective tissue, organ tissues, and teeth.
Body Fat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅incorporated into the nerves, brain, heart, lungs, liver, mammary
glands, and other body organs and tissues
Why do we need body fat? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A certain amount of body fat is necessary for the
body to function.
What are the effects of too much body fat? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is associated with increased risk of
chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Essential fat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fat incorporated in various tissues of the body that is critical for
normal body functioning.
Adipose tissue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅tissue in which fat is stored; fat cells.
Subcutaneous fat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fat located under the skin.
Visceral fat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fat located around major organs; also called intra-abdominal fat.
percent body fat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the proportion of the body's total weight that is fat
Overweight - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅body weight above the recommended range for good health.
•Sometimes defined as a body mass index between 25 and 29.9, a measure of the proportion of weight
to height.
Obesity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅severely overweight, characterized by an excessive accumulation of
body fat.
, •May be defined in terms of some measure of total body weight or a body mass index of 30 or more.
•Severely obese may be defined in terms of some measure of total body weight or a body mass index of
40 or more.
Prevalence of obesity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅increased from 13% in 1960 to 42.4% in 2018.
Possible explanations of increased obesity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅•Increased calorie intake.
•More time spent in sedentary work and leisure activities.
•Fewer short trips on foot and more by automobile.
•Fewer daily gym classes for students.
•More meals eaten outside the home.
•Greater consumption of fast food.
•Increased portion sizes.
•Increased consumption of soft drinks and highly processed convenience foods.
Factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic—stress, social isolation, closure of gyms and other active
spaces, reduction in daily physical activity, and changes to eating habits—may further raise rates of
obesity.
What does obesity do to the mortality rates? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Obesity doubles mortality rates
and can reduce life expectancy by 10-20 years.
Diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a disease that disrupts normal metabolism
•It interferes with insulin production, causing a buildup of glucose in the bloodstream.
•It is currently the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States.
In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 34.4 million Americans have the
disease
What is the key controllable risk factor in diabetes? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅excess body fat
