QUESTION
Jill is trying to reduce her calories and increase her activity level to
lose weight. Her favorite go to snack for when she is bored, hungry,
stressed, watching TV, etc. are salt and vinegar potato chips. She
always keeps a bag or two in her pantry. On a recent grocery store
trip, Jill decided to not purchase any chips so that her house would be
void of them for the next week. What kind of behavior modification is
Jill demonstrating?
Stimulus control
QUESTION
Which of the following would be an example of a weight loss
program that is part of a social support?
- Hospitals
- Community colleges that offer classes
- TOPS (Takes Off Pounds Sensibly)
- Physician
- Dietitian
- TOPS (Takes Off Pounds Sensibly)
QUESTION
What are the requirements for someone to be eligible to take
medications, go on an extremely low-calorie diet, or have bariatric
surgery?
BMI of >30, or >27 with co-morbid health risks
For individuals with a BMI of >30, drastic weight loss measures can
be taken like surgery. Explain how bariatric surgery works to help
someone lose weight and name a specific example and how it works.
- Surgeries can restrict the size of the stomach so larger quantities of
food make the patient uncomfortable or sick
QUESTION
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,True or false. If false, explain why it is false.
For patients who are overweight, they must work to control calories,
increase physical activity and have behavior modification
True
QUESTION
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
- add healthy fats to meals
QUESTION
For many people especially women, our self-esteem is correlated to:
our shape and body weight
QUESTION
There is a correlation with our increase in weight, intake of
__________, and increase in ____________.
process foods; chronic disease
QUESTION
What kinds of chronic diseases that are related to weight:
type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancers,
tension, and stroke
QUESTION
How are calories measured:
directly and indirectly
Direct calorimetry:
pg. 2
, measures the heat production of an individual, in calories, when
placed in an insulated chamber/isolated environment where you can
accurately measure everything from the beginning of the day to end
Indirect calorimetry:
a technique that measures inspired and expired gas flows, volumes
and concentrations of O2 and CO2. For example you can put someone
on a treadmill and put them on monitors to measure oxygen levels
Anther Indirect calorimetry is to use the estimated energy requirement
(EER) formula which is based on:
gender, age, height, weight, and physical activity; there are different
formulas for women and men
Body mass index:
is a ratio of your height to your weight in which its used as a measure
of underweight, normal, overweight, obese, and obesity in the general
population
BMI's arent accurate for everyone such as:
kids because they grow fast, teens as the go on to puberty, women
who aree pregnant or breastfeeding moms, those how are more
muscular, or have a short stature
BMI - underweight range:
less than 18.5
BMI - healthy range:
19-24.9
BMI - overweight range:
25-29.99
BMI - obese range:
greater than 30
if you have a diagonosis of overweight or obesity that means:
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