Body Composition & Body Image UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Body Composition & Body Image
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Significance of Body composition - CORRECT ANSWER - determines appearance,
health, work capacity, and motor skill performance
-E.g. excessive fat tissue adds to the workload and limits an individual's range of motion


body composition - CORRECT ANSWER - -The relative percentages of lean and fat
tissue that make up the body mass give a measure of body composition.
-lean body mass (non-fat, fat free)
>Muscles, bones, and organs
-fat mass (adipose tissue)
>Essential and storage body fat
-Lean body mass = total body mass - fat mass


Essential body fat - CORRECT ANSWER - -is necessary to maintain life and reproductive
functions.
>The percentage of essential body fat for women is greater than that for men
-Storage body fat consists of fat accumulation , part of which are stored in the chest and
abdomen and part stored near the body surface


ideal body fat - CORRECT ANSWER - -Levels of body fat are dependent on sex and age
and there is no single ideal percentage of body fat for everyone.
-Four times greater essential fat for females relates to child-bearing.
-essential fat Men: 3%
-Avg Men: 18-24%
-Obese Men: > 25%
-essential fat Women: 12%