NFS284 Final Exam ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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NFS284
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NFS284
NFS284 Final Exam ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
BMI - CORRECT ANSWER- measure of healthy body weight that looks at weight and
height
normal BMI - CORRECT ANSWER- 20-25
high BMI - CORRECT ANSWER- 25+, about 60% of Canadians are overweight or
obese
NFS284 Final Exam ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
BMI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- measure of healthy body weight that looks at weight and
height
normal BMI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 20-25
high BMI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 25+, about 60% of Canadians are overweight or
obese
obesity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- increases the risk for type 2 diabetes, breast cancer and
colon cancer
cancer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mutations occur that cause a cell to grow uncontrollably
without repair and are resistant to cell death, causing a malignant tumour
weight stigmatization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- negative attitudes, mistreatment and
discrimination based on weight status, particularly negative attitudes toward the obese
total energy expenditure (TEE) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- all of the energy expended in the
body combined
basal metabolic rate (BMR) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- energy needed to support the
involuntary processes of life; decreases with weight loss, adaptation to starvation
physical activity takes up how much of the TEE? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 15-30%
food/diet-induced thermogenesis takes up how much of the TEE? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 10%
, energy expended in digestion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- protein digestion expends the
most energy, carbohydrates intermediate and fat the least amount of energy consumed
energy balance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- energy consumed is equal to the energy
expended, weight unchanged
positive energy balance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- more energy consumed than expended,
weight gain
negative energy balance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- more energy expended than consumed,
weight loss
visceral fat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fat accumulated at the centre of the body (stomach),
highest obesity risk and increases risk of diabetes and heart disease
hunger - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- internal signals that cause someone to want to eat
satiety - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- feeling full after a meal, determines when the next meal
will occur
satiation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- feeling of fullness that develops during a meal,
determines when the meal will end
set-point theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- genetically pre-determined body weight that
your body tend to stay at/around
ghrelin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- stimulates hunger, in obese individuals levels don't
decline as much after a meal so they eat more
GLP-1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- suppresses hunger and food intake by stimulating insulin
release, less in obese individuals so they eat for longer
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