NUSCTX 10 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔accepting that body weight and fat stores vary considerably within human
populations then - ✔✔this variability does not represent only genetic effects since large
changes have been observed over recent historical time in groups that migrate from
traditional rural lifestyles to urban settings
✔✔if a moderately obese person reduced 600 cal/day indefinitely - ✔✔she would lose
about a pound of weight per week for a period then slowly level off at a new body
weight, likely about 8-10% below starting weight
✔✔phase 1 of prolonged fasting includes - ✔✔glycogen depletion in the liver, loss of
lean tissue including muscle protein
✔✔calorie restriction may prevent premature cancer death in experimental animals by -
✔✔reducing cell division rates
✔✔successful maintenance of weight loss requires - ✔✔voluntary exercise
✔✔false statement: - ✔✔testosterone taken as a performance enhancing drug shows
beneficial effects only in males
✔✔metabolic syndrome: - ✔✔low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, high fasting
glucose levels
✔✔obesity is NOT associated with - ✔✔marasmus
✔✔in response to long term semi starvation, there is an increase in - ✔✔ketone
production by liver and oxidation by tissues
✔✔not a dietary carcinogen - ✔✔isoflavones found in soy beans
✔✔how is fitness defined - ✔✔capacity to do aerobic work
✔✔induces gluconeogenesis - ✔✔glucagon
✔✔stimulates apetite - ✔✔ghrelin
✔✔present in lower concentrations than it is after a meal - ✔✔insulin
✔✔transports extra hepatic cell cholesterol to liver - ✔✔High density lipoprotein (HDL)
, ✔✔transports dietary TAG made from long chain fatty acids to adipose -
✔✔chylomicrons
✔✔delivers cholesterol in blood to extra hepatic tissues - ✔✔low density lipoprotein
(LDL)
✔✔rickets or osteomalacia - ✔✔Vitamin D
✔✔oxidative damage to cellular membranes - ✔✔vitamin E
✔✔night blindness - ✔✔Vitamin A
✔✔excessive bleeding - ✔✔Vitamin K
✔✔permicious anemia - ✔✔vitamin B-12
✔✔DNA synthesis - ✔✔Vitamin C
✔✔Iron absorption in the gut - ✔✔Cyanocobalamin B-12
✔✔collagen biosynthesis - ✔✔vitamin C
✔✔biosynthesis of amino acids via transamination reactions - ✔✔pyridoxine
compounds B6
✔✔electron transport chain in mitochondria - ✔✔Riboflavin
✔✔preparing food in a way that causes food to lose nutritional value is an example of
poor food... - ✔✔utilization
✔✔reduced food security due to time of the year/seasons is an example of poor food -
✔✔stability
✔✔only being able to purchase fast food or cheaper food with poor nutritional value, is
an example of poor food - ✔✔access
✔✔food deserts are an example of poor food - ✔✔availability
✔✔calorie density of carbs is 9 cal/g whereas fat is 4 cal/g - ✔✔false
✔✔the pancreas produces hormones that regulate blood glucose levels - ✔✔true
GRADED A+
✔✔accepting that body weight and fat stores vary considerably within human
populations then - ✔✔this variability does not represent only genetic effects since large
changes have been observed over recent historical time in groups that migrate from
traditional rural lifestyles to urban settings
✔✔if a moderately obese person reduced 600 cal/day indefinitely - ✔✔she would lose
about a pound of weight per week for a period then slowly level off at a new body
weight, likely about 8-10% below starting weight
✔✔phase 1 of prolonged fasting includes - ✔✔glycogen depletion in the liver, loss of
lean tissue including muscle protein
✔✔calorie restriction may prevent premature cancer death in experimental animals by -
✔✔reducing cell division rates
✔✔successful maintenance of weight loss requires - ✔✔voluntary exercise
✔✔false statement: - ✔✔testosterone taken as a performance enhancing drug shows
beneficial effects only in males
✔✔metabolic syndrome: - ✔✔low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, high fasting
glucose levels
✔✔obesity is NOT associated with - ✔✔marasmus
✔✔in response to long term semi starvation, there is an increase in - ✔✔ketone
production by liver and oxidation by tissues
✔✔not a dietary carcinogen - ✔✔isoflavones found in soy beans
✔✔how is fitness defined - ✔✔capacity to do aerobic work
✔✔induces gluconeogenesis - ✔✔glucagon
✔✔stimulates apetite - ✔✔ghrelin
✔✔present in lower concentrations than it is after a meal - ✔✔insulin
✔✔transports extra hepatic cell cholesterol to liver - ✔✔High density lipoprotein (HDL)
, ✔✔transports dietary TAG made from long chain fatty acids to adipose -
✔✔chylomicrons
✔✔delivers cholesterol in blood to extra hepatic tissues - ✔✔low density lipoprotein
(LDL)
✔✔rickets or osteomalacia - ✔✔Vitamin D
✔✔oxidative damage to cellular membranes - ✔✔vitamin E
✔✔night blindness - ✔✔Vitamin A
✔✔excessive bleeding - ✔✔Vitamin K
✔✔permicious anemia - ✔✔vitamin B-12
✔✔DNA synthesis - ✔✔Vitamin C
✔✔Iron absorption in the gut - ✔✔Cyanocobalamin B-12
✔✔collagen biosynthesis - ✔✔vitamin C
✔✔biosynthesis of amino acids via transamination reactions - ✔✔pyridoxine
compounds B6
✔✔electron transport chain in mitochondria - ✔✔Riboflavin
✔✔preparing food in a way that causes food to lose nutritional value is an example of
poor food... - ✔✔utilization
✔✔reduced food security due to time of the year/seasons is an example of poor food -
✔✔stability
✔✔only being able to purchase fast food or cheaper food with poor nutritional value, is
an example of poor food - ✔✔access
✔✔food deserts are an example of poor food - ✔✔availability
✔✔calorie density of carbs is 9 cal/g whereas fat is 4 cal/g - ✔✔false
✔✔the pancreas produces hormones that regulate blood glucose levels - ✔✔true
