New)(2025): Essentials in Nutrition: Portage
Learning(QUESTIONS WITH GRADE A ANSWERS)
,How you see yourself can be defined as: - --VERIFIED ANSWER
IS---body image
What are outside influences that could shape our body image: -
--VERIFIED ANSWER IS---family, genetics, peers, media, clothing
designers
There is a correlation with our increase in weight, intake of
__________, and increase in ____________. - --VERIFIED
ANSWER IS---process foods; chronic disease
What kinds of chronic diseases that are related to weight: - --
VERIFIED ANSWER IS---type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease,
certain types of cancers, tension, and stroke
Energy balance: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---energy intake being
equal to the energy we expend
Positive energy balance: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---occurs when
more calories are being consumed than are being expended in a
day (this leads to weight gain)
,1 pound is what in calories: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---3500
calories
where fats are stored - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---adipose tissue
Hyperplasia: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---increase in number of
fat cells during the development stage
Hypertrophy: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---increase in fat cell size
Negative energy balance: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---when
calorie intake is less than whats expended, this then leads to
weight loss, but it not always desirable due to illness or trauma
Four factors that one can expend energy: - --VERIFIED ANSWER
IS---1. basal metabolism
2. physical activity
3. thermic effect of food
4. thermogeneesis
, The number of calories your body is going to use during the
fasting state is known as: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---basal
metabolic rate
Things that can change your BMR is: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---
body size, temperature, age, gender, lean body muscles,
nervous system activity, caffeine, and smoking
Physical activity: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---accounts for 15-40%
total kcals of a person, bodily movement, body size, and fitness
level determines calorie expenditure.
Low physical activity leads to: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---weight
gain
Thermic effect of food: - --VERIFIED ANSWER IS---accounts for
10% total kcals of a person, it is the energy that we use for
digestion and absorption of food (larger meals have a higher
thermic effect)