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NTR 213 EXAM 5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (108)
Overweight being too heavy for one's height, usually due to
an excess of body fat BMI 25-29.9
Obese having excess body fat BMI >30
Health Consequences The more excess body fat you have the greater
of Excess Body Fat your risk
Health Consequences The longer you carry excess body fat the greater
of Excess Body Fat your risk
What's Wrong With Chronic diseases High blood pressure
Having Too Much Body Heart disease High blood cholesterol
Fat? Diabetes Gallbladder disease Arthritis
Sleep disorders Respiratory problems
Menstrual irregularities
Lean body mass mass of nonfat body parts bones, muscles, and
internal organs
Body weight sum of weight of fat and lean body mass
Body mass index the current standard for assessing the
healthfulness of body weight
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Body composition the relative proportions of fat and lean
tissue that make up the body Excess
weight is only part of the story—excess
body fat is what really puts you at risk
Percent Body Fat for a 21-32% of total weight
female
Percent Body Fat for 8-19% of total weight
male
Percent Body Fat With age—Lean body mass decreases Body fat
increases
Skinfold measures measures thickness of fat layer
under skin
Underwater weighing difference
How Do You between weight on land and weight
Measure Body Fat under water Air displacement (BOD
Percentage? POD)Uses air displacement
Bioelectric impedance electric current traveling
through the body
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measures x-
ray absorption
Subcutaneous fat located under the skin does NOT increase health
risk
Visceral fat located around the organs in the abdominal area
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DOES increase health risk
Why is waist It's a measure of the amount of visceral fat
circumference a
good measure of
risk of obesity
related diseases?
Maintain weight: calories
consumed = calories
Energy Balance expended Weight gain:
calories consumed > calories
expended
Weight loss: calories consumed < calories
expended
Appetite desire to consume specific foods triggered
by external cues (for example, smell)
independent of hunger
Hunger desire to consume food that is triggered by
internal physiological signals
Energy comes from the
energy-yielding nutrients and
Energy Intake alcohol Carbs: 4 Cal/gram
Protein: 4 Cal/gram
Fat: 9 Cal/gram
Alcohol: 7 Cal/gram
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