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Most Americans are fairly happy with their present weight. |
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If someone has a BMI of 30, the person is definitely obese. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Body fat is denser than water. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Some body fat is essential for proper functioning of the body. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Females generally have less essential fat than males. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Using skinfold calipers is a direct method to analyze body composition. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Practical techniques currently used to assess body composition all have errors. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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There is a direct correlation between body fatness and performance in all sports. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Heredity and environment may both have an effect on obesity. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Obesity is one of the most prominent medical concerns in industrialized societies today. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Obesity can be correlated to the amount of time spent viewing television. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Android obesity is associated with greater risk of chronic disease than gynoid obesity. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Obesity can impair psychological development. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Very-low-calorie diets promote long-term weight maintenance. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Gymnasts, dancers and wrestlers are more prone to disordered eating behavior than most other athletic groups. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Excessive weight loss may lead to impaired performance. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The BMI may be a useful screening tool for health problems. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Density represents volume divided by mass. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The higher the body density, the lower the amount of body fat. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Body fat assessment alone is a complete measure of general health. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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An overweight person cannot possibly be fit. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Currently about two of every three American adults is overweight as measured by the Body Mass Index (BMI). |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Ghrelin, a hormone secreted by an empty stomach near mealtime, may stimulate the appetite. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Prevention of obesity in children in very important because once neural circuits predisposing to obesity are developed, they are not easily abolished. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Anorexia athletica is classified as a major form of anorexia nervosa. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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An individual who weighs 200 pounds and is 20 percent body fat would have a lean body mass of 140 pounds. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, includes hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperglycemia, predisposing the individual to diabetes and coronary heart disease. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Both hyperplasia and hypertrophy of adipose cells may underlie the development of obesity. Dieting will help reduce adipose cell hypertrophy, but is not likely to affect adipose cell number. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The control center for hunger and appetite, related to the set point theory, is located in the medulla oblongata, the collection of nerve cell centers above he spinal cord. |
| | A) | True |
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The set-point theory indicates that body weight is controlled in a fashion similar to body temperature. The discovery of leptin provides some support for the set-point theory because an increase in the amount of body fat will increase production of leptin, which may act on the appetite control center to help inhibit energy intake. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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