There are approximately ____________ in a pound of body fat.
a. 3,800 calories
b. 3,500 calories
c. 2,800 calories
d. 3,000 calories - ️️3,500 Calories
What type of fat is necessary for normal physiological function?
a. Storage fat
b. Human fat
c. Essential fat
d. Body fat - ️️Esse...
Exam 1 Review, Quizzes 1-5, EXSC 191,
O'neill
There are approximately ____________ in a pound of body fat.
a. 3,800 calories
b. 3,500 calories
c. 2,800 calories
d. 3,000 calories - ✔️✔️3,500 Calories
What type of fat is necessary for normal physiological function?
a. Storage fat
b. Human fat
c. Essential fat
d. Body fat - ✔️✔️Essential fat
(T/F) The shape and size of your body is due to a combination of genetic and
environmental factors working in unison. - ✔️✔️True
___________ occurs when you consume more energy (calories) than you expend,
resulting in weight gain.
a. Positive energy balance
b. Negative energy balance
c. Zero energy balance
d. Neutral energy balance - ✔️✔️Positive energy balance
Which is NOT a field method for assessing body composition?
a. Body mass index
b. Bod Pod
c. Skinfold test
d. Waist-to-hip ratio - ✔️✔️Bod pod
Dwayne has a BMI of 31.6 kg/m2. His BMI category is:
a. Underweight
b. Overweight
c. Acceptable
d. Obese - ✔️✔️obese
,The goal (very low health risk) for a woman's waist-to-hip ratio is:
a. < 0.95
b. > 1.00
c. 0.85
d. < 0.80 - ✔️✔️< 0.80
Jenna is 5 feet 3 inches and weighs 127 pounds. Calculate her body mass index (BMI).
a. 22.49
b. 21.90
c. 22.67
d. 21.80 - ✔️✔️22.49
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the use of BMI?
a. It fails to differentiate fat from lean body mass.
b. It is a useful tool to screen athletes.
c. It is a widely used method in comparing large populations.
d. It is used in large studies to determine health risks associated with excessive body
weight. - ✔️✔️it is a useful tool to screen athletes
Which is not a major component that contributes to total energy expenditure?
a. the calories expended during sleeping
b. the calories expended during exercise
c. the calories expended at rest
d. the calories expended during digestion, absorption, and storage of food after eating -
✔️✔️the calories expended during sleeping
Sonny has a waist circumference of 40 inches and a hip circumference of 39 inches.
What is his waist-to-hip ratio?
a. 1.01
b. 0.98
c. 0.95
d. 1.03 - ✔️✔️1.03
The number of calories you burn on a daily basis is referred to as ____________.
a. energy balance
b. resting metabolic rate
, c. total energy expenditure
d. sedentary calories - ✔️✔️total energy expenditure
_____ serves as an energy substrate for metabolism.
a. Essential fat
b. Storage fat
c. Skin fat
d. Organ fat - ✔️✔️Storage fat
The body composition assessment technique based on the principle that the amount of
subcutaneous fat is proportional to total body fat is:
a. waist circumference
b. girth measurements
c. body mass index
d. skinfold thickness - ✔️✔️Skinfold thickness
Stephanie has a BMI of 24.89 kg/m2. Her BMI category is:
a. Overweight
b. Obese
c. Underweight
d. Acceptable - ✔️✔️acceptable
What type of fat is more metabolically active and secretes harmful inflammatory
substances that can contribute to chronic conditions?
a. None of the above
b. Visceral
c. Subcutaneous
d. Retroperitoneal - ✔️✔️Visceral
Body composition is:
a. weight of the bones in the body.
b. lean body mass.
c. relative amounts of fat and fat-free tissues in the body.
d. essential fat. - ✔️✔️relative amounts of fat and fat-free tissues in the body
The goal (very low health risk) for a man's waist-to-hip ratio is:
a. 0.85
b. > 1.00
c. < 0.95
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