WGU C787 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS 2025/2026 ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Obese children and teenagers - ✔✔Have increased risk of coronary heart disease
✔✔Health risks of low BMI - ✔✔Infertility
Osteoporosis
Premature death
✔✔Health risks of high BMI - ✔✔Heart Disease
Type 2 diabetes
Osteoarthritis
Sleep apnea
Premature death
✔✔What is the genetic influence of body weight? - ✔✔Parents often predict children
body weights, raised or not.
✔✔How to maintain body weight? - ✔✔Balance energy expenditure with energy intake;
eat just enough calories for activity level.
✔✔How to loose weight? - ✔✔Reduce processed foods
Increase activity
Eat 5 small meals
Limit sugary drinks
Ask yourself, "am I hungry?"
✔✔How much weight loss helps improve health? - ✔✔10%
✔✔How much water intake supports weight loss? - ✔✔>48 oz
✔✔Societal factors in the obesity epidemic - ✔✔More desk based, low activity jobs
Increased size in food portions
Increased consumption of processed foods
✔✔Obesity messages to adolescents - ✔✔Focus on a healthy diet, no weight loss
Reinforce healthy behavior
Don't reward with food
Criticize media messages about food
✔✔Family members should - ✔✔Eat well balance meals together
✔✔Physical activity for weight loss - ✔✔90 minutes of moderate physical activity 3
times a week
, ✔✔Anthrometrics - ✔✔The study and comparison of human body measurements
(height, weight, waist size)
✔✔Protein powder - ✔✔Supplement that increases muscle mass and nitrogen retention
✔✔PAL (Physical Activity Level) - ✔✔Total Energy Expanditure / Body Mass Rate
✔✔Bariatric surgery recommendations - ✔✔Gradually increase physical activity priori to
surgery
Continue to exercise after surgery
Expect rapid weight loss after surgery
Need vitamin supplements after surgery
✔✔Human milk - ✔✔Contains immune factors that formula does not
✔✔Juice consumption in infants - ✔✔Not recommended because:
Dental decay
Lacks fiber, may cause diarrhea
High in calories
✔✔Behavior that may contribute to cavities in infants - ✔✔Sharing utensils
✔✔Parent behaviors that contribute to a poor relationship with food - ✔✔Not involving
children in meal planning or food choices
✔✔CDC's overweight definition for children - ✔✔BMI for the age over the 85th
percentile
✔✔High levels of stress - ✔✔Can cause poor eating habits
✔✔S&S of Malnutrition - ✔✔Stunted linear growth, poor bone development, and
cognitive developmental delays
✔✔Thiamine (Vitamin B1) - ✔✔Needed for the heart and brain. Often low in alcoholics.
Increase need in young adolescents.
✔✔Alcohol consumption during pregnancy - ✔✔Should be avoided. Can cause
permanent developmental disability to fetus
✔✔Folate (folic acid) - ✔✔Reduces the risk of neural tube defects
✔✔Folate rich foods - ✔✔Lentils, spinach, and oats
AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Obese children and teenagers - ✔✔Have increased risk of coronary heart disease
✔✔Health risks of low BMI - ✔✔Infertility
Osteoporosis
Premature death
✔✔Health risks of high BMI - ✔✔Heart Disease
Type 2 diabetes
Osteoarthritis
Sleep apnea
Premature death
✔✔What is the genetic influence of body weight? - ✔✔Parents often predict children
body weights, raised or not.
✔✔How to maintain body weight? - ✔✔Balance energy expenditure with energy intake;
eat just enough calories for activity level.
✔✔How to loose weight? - ✔✔Reduce processed foods
Increase activity
Eat 5 small meals
Limit sugary drinks
Ask yourself, "am I hungry?"
✔✔How much weight loss helps improve health? - ✔✔10%
✔✔How much water intake supports weight loss? - ✔✔>48 oz
✔✔Societal factors in the obesity epidemic - ✔✔More desk based, low activity jobs
Increased size in food portions
Increased consumption of processed foods
✔✔Obesity messages to adolescents - ✔✔Focus on a healthy diet, no weight loss
Reinforce healthy behavior
Don't reward with food
Criticize media messages about food
✔✔Family members should - ✔✔Eat well balance meals together
✔✔Physical activity for weight loss - ✔✔90 minutes of moderate physical activity 3
times a week
, ✔✔Anthrometrics - ✔✔The study and comparison of human body measurements
(height, weight, waist size)
✔✔Protein powder - ✔✔Supplement that increases muscle mass and nitrogen retention
✔✔PAL (Physical Activity Level) - ✔✔Total Energy Expanditure / Body Mass Rate
✔✔Bariatric surgery recommendations - ✔✔Gradually increase physical activity priori to
surgery
Continue to exercise after surgery
Expect rapid weight loss after surgery
Need vitamin supplements after surgery
✔✔Human milk - ✔✔Contains immune factors that formula does not
✔✔Juice consumption in infants - ✔✔Not recommended because:
Dental decay
Lacks fiber, may cause diarrhea
High in calories
✔✔Behavior that may contribute to cavities in infants - ✔✔Sharing utensils
✔✔Parent behaviors that contribute to a poor relationship with food - ✔✔Not involving
children in meal planning or food choices
✔✔CDC's overweight definition for children - ✔✔BMI for the age over the 85th
percentile
✔✔High levels of stress - ✔✔Can cause poor eating habits
✔✔S&S of Malnutrition - ✔✔Stunted linear growth, poor bone development, and
cognitive developmental delays
✔✔Thiamine (Vitamin B1) - ✔✔Needed for the heart and brain. Often low in alcoholics.
Increase need in young adolescents.
✔✔Alcohol consumption during pregnancy - ✔✔Should be avoided. Can cause
permanent developmental disability to fetus
✔✔Folate (folic acid) - ✔✔Reduces the risk of neural tube defects
✔✔Folate rich foods - ✔✔Lentils, spinach, and oats