NASM WEIGHT LOSS SPECIALIST TEST PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔What are physiological factors contributing to daily energy expenditure? - ✔✔1.
Thermal effect of food
2. Physical activity
3. Basal metabolic rate
✔✔BMR represents up to what percentage of total energy needs? - ✔✔75%
✔✔Which are the prediction equations for estimating resting energy expenditure? -
✔✔1. Harris-Benedict*
2. Mifflin St. Jeor**
3. Owen**
✔✔Harris-Benedict* Equation - ✔✔Male: 88.362 + (13.397 x kg) + (4.799 x cm) - (5.677
x age)
Female: 447.593 + (9.247 x kg) + (3.098 x cm) - (4.33 x age)
✔✔Mifflin St. Jeor** - ✔✔Male: RMR = 9.99 × weight (kg) + 6.25 × height (cm) -
4.92 × age + 5
Female: RMR = 9.99 × weight (kg) + 6.25 × height (cm) -
4.92 × age - 161
✔✔Owen** - ✔✔Male: RMR = 10.2 x weight (kg) + 879
Female: RMR = 7.18 x weight (kg) + 795
✔✔By tracking a client's weight or body fat, the health and fitness professional can
determine - ✔✔if the client is eating more than recommended.
✔✔The thermal effect of food is estimated to account for what percentage of energy
intake? - ✔✔metabolic cost of digesting, absorbing, and transporting nutrients is at a
percentage of 10%.
✔✔Satiety refers to which of the following? - ✔✔The sensations that determine the
inter-meal period.
✔✔According to the set point theory - ✔✔Some individuals may have a naturally higher
body weight (set point), making weight loss efforts difficult to sustain; body weight is
maintained at a set level.
✔✔What are the operative mechanisms that explains a weight loss plateau? -
✔✔Metabolic efficiency.
, ✔✔Energy Gap Mechanism - ✔✔As people lose weight by energy restriction alone,
their total energy expenditure decreases due to a lower energy cost of moving around a
smaller body.
✔✔Example of energy gap mechanism - ✔✔200-pound person losing 50 pounds, the
individual will need approximately 400 fewer calories to maintain a 150- pound weight
than the person did at 200 pounds (50 pounds x 8
calories/pound = 400 calories.
✔✔Satiation is determined by - ✔✔both meal size and duration; feelings of
satiation will contribute to the cessation of eating,
and a period of abstinence from eating will begin.
✔✔Which of the following is a sign of psychological stresses that should be addressed
by a member of the medical community? - ✔✔
✔✔Approximately what percentage of U.S. adults are considered overweight or obese?
- ✔✔69%
✔✔Superior customer service includes all of the following except which of the following?
- ✔✔Remembering important dates
✔✔Which of the following assessments best assesses ankle proprioception, core
strength, and hip joint stability? - ✔✔Single-leg squat
✔✔Which of the following is the minimum BMI classification for morbid obesity? - ✔✔40
✔✔Since the 1960s, the number of children that are considered overweight has -
✔✔tripled.
✔✔Which of the following should be the primary base of a marketing strategy? - ✔✔The
desires of clients
✔✔Which of the following is the acceptable macronutrient distribution range for protein?
- ✔✔10-35%
✔✔Which of the following actions should the fitness professional take when uncertain
about a client's questions about nutrition? - ✔✔Refer the client to a registered dietitian.
✔✔People who skip breakfast and eat fewer times throughout the day tend to - ✔✔gain
more weight than those who eat breakfast and eat smaller meals throughout the day.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔What are physiological factors contributing to daily energy expenditure? - ✔✔1.
Thermal effect of food
2. Physical activity
3. Basal metabolic rate
✔✔BMR represents up to what percentage of total energy needs? - ✔✔75%
✔✔Which are the prediction equations for estimating resting energy expenditure? -
✔✔1. Harris-Benedict*
2. Mifflin St. Jeor**
3. Owen**
✔✔Harris-Benedict* Equation - ✔✔Male: 88.362 + (13.397 x kg) + (4.799 x cm) - (5.677
x age)
Female: 447.593 + (9.247 x kg) + (3.098 x cm) - (4.33 x age)
✔✔Mifflin St. Jeor** - ✔✔Male: RMR = 9.99 × weight (kg) + 6.25 × height (cm) -
4.92 × age + 5
Female: RMR = 9.99 × weight (kg) + 6.25 × height (cm) -
4.92 × age - 161
✔✔Owen** - ✔✔Male: RMR = 10.2 x weight (kg) + 879
Female: RMR = 7.18 x weight (kg) + 795
✔✔By tracking a client's weight or body fat, the health and fitness professional can
determine - ✔✔if the client is eating more than recommended.
✔✔The thermal effect of food is estimated to account for what percentage of energy
intake? - ✔✔metabolic cost of digesting, absorbing, and transporting nutrients is at a
percentage of 10%.
✔✔Satiety refers to which of the following? - ✔✔The sensations that determine the
inter-meal period.
✔✔According to the set point theory - ✔✔Some individuals may have a naturally higher
body weight (set point), making weight loss efforts difficult to sustain; body weight is
maintained at a set level.
✔✔What are the operative mechanisms that explains a weight loss plateau? -
✔✔Metabolic efficiency.
, ✔✔Energy Gap Mechanism - ✔✔As people lose weight by energy restriction alone,
their total energy expenditure decreases due to a lower energy cost of moving around a
smaller body.
✔✔Example of energy gap mechanism - ✔✔200-pound person losing 50 pounds, the
individual will need approximately 400 fewer calories to maintain a 150- pound weight
than the person did at 200 pounds (50 pounds x 8
calories/pound = 400 calories.
✔✔Satiation is determined by - ✔✔both meal size and duration; feelings of
satiation will contribute to the cessation of eating,
and a period of abstinence from eating will begin.
✔✔Which of the following is a sign of psychological stresses that should be addressed
by a member of the medical community? - ✔✔
✔✔Approximately what percentage of U.S. adults are considered overweight or obese?
- ✔✔69%
✔✔Superior customer service includes all of the following except which of the following?
- ✔✔Remembering important dates
✔✔Which of the following assessments best assesses ankle proprioception, core
strength, and hip joint stability? - ✔✔Single-leg squat
✔✔Which of the following is the minimum BMI classification for morbid obesity? - ✔✔40
✔✔Since the 1960s, the number of children that are considered overweight has -
✔✔tripled.
✔✔Which of the following should be the primary base of a marketing strategy? - ✔✔The
desires of clients
✔✔Which of the following is the acceptable macronutrient distribution range for protein?
- ✔✔10-35%
✔✔Which of the following actions should the fitness professional take when uncertain
about a client's questions about nutrition? - ✔✔Refer the client to a registered dietitian.
✔✔People who skip breakfast and eat fewer times throughout the day tend to - ✔✔gain
more weight than those who eat breakfast and eat smaller meals throughout the day.
