NSD 225

A person is underweighting if their body mass index (BMI) is ________. a. 18.5-24.9 kg/m2 b. 30-39.9 kg/m2 or higher c. under 18.5 kg/m2 d. 25-29.9 kg/m2 e. 40 kg/m2 or higher - Answer c What are the BMI percentile ranges for children and adolescents used to assess? a. motor development b. normal growth in terms of height c. IQ d. weight status e. overall growth progression - Answer d Body mass index (BMI) is calculated by dividing what? a. weight in pou...

What is a calorie? a. a component of food similar to vitamins b. a measure of length or weight c. a measure of energy d. an ingredient added to foods to prolong shelf life e. a component of food easily removed to help with weight loss - Answer c What is an instrument that is used to measure the caloric value of foods called? a. an inversion chamber b. a heat capacitor c. a kilojoule d. a bomb calorimeter e. an immersion chamber - Answer d What is basal met...

How many minerals are considered to be essential? - Answer 20 Which of the following is a major mineral? - Answer Calcium Major minerals are classified as minerals that are required in the diet each day in amounts larger than __________ mg. - Answer 100 Which of the following is a good source of magnesium? - Answer Green leafy vegetables Which mineral is an important component of DNA and RNA, carbohydrates, and lipids and is essential for nerve conduction and muscle contr...

The average health adult is about __________ percent water. - Answer 50-60 The minerals that play a critical role in maintaining water balance in the body are known as ________. - Answer Electrolytes Which of the following are functions of water in the body? a. Water helps maintain body temperature b. Water is a universal solvent c. Water is a transport medium d. All of these are correct - Answer d. All of these are correct Adult women should drink about _______, and adul...

What are the steps of the Scientific Method? - Answer 1. Curiously observe patterns and relationships 2. Review prior knowledge and form a hypothesis 3. Conduct controlled experiments, observations and research of prior data 4. Analyze data and observations 5. Draw a conclusion from the results 6. Share findings with the scientific community What is the purpose of the Scientific Method - Answer The scientific method ensures that conclusions are accurate and reliable What are the...

Which of the following is true regarding adults who adhere to a healthy dietary pattern and the development of heart disease? a. They develop heart disease at older ages. b. They develop less severe heart disease. c. They develop heart disease less frequently. d. They develop heart disease earlier in life. e. They develop heart disease only if genetically programmed. - Answer a By the year 2050, approximately what percent of Americans will be 65 years of age and older? a. 5...

Body Mass Index (BMI) - Answer the current standard for assessing the healthfulness of body weight Body Composition - Answer the relative proportions of fat and lean tissue that make up the body Subcutaneous fat - Answer fat located under the skin that does NOT increase health risk example: fat around the thighs and lower body is subcutaneous Visceral fat - Answer fat located around the organs in the abdominal area DOES increase health risk Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) -...

Prolactin - Answer Stimulates milk production Oxytocin - Answer Stimulates let-down (release of milk) Colostrum: first milk - Answer - Thick, yellow fluid produced during late pregnancy and few days after birth - Contains antibodies, immune-system cells and Lactobacillus bifidus factor - Provides protection to infant against infections Facilitates the passage of 1st stool (meconium) Anorexia Nervosa - Answer - Self-starvation, a distorted body image, and abnormally low bo...

What is cholesterol? - Answer Fat soluble complex alcohol - Found only in animal tissue - Cholesterol is not essential (you make it in liver) Functions of cholesterol - Answer - Sex hormones - Bile acids/salts - Vitamin D - Part of cell membrane Cholesterol and heart disease - Answer - Cadiovascular disease - Atherosclerosis - Artery is completely blocked - Brain attack - Stroke Risk factors linked to coronary heart disease - Answer - High blood pressure, physical ina...

Hunger - Answer the primary physiological (internal) drive to find and eat food, mostly regulated by internal cues to eating Cals per gram for carbs - Answer 4 Cals per gram from lipids - Answer 9 Cals per gram for proteins - Answer 4 Appetite - Answer the primary physiological (external) influences that encourage us to find and eat food, often in the absence of obvious hunger Satiety - Answer state in which there is no longer a desire to eat, a feeling of satisf...