Chapter 6 Quiz

Each pound of fat represents ____ calories.​

3,500

Obesity has been established at a BMI of ____ or higher.​

30

When planning to lose weight, which strategy will most likely help?​

Reduce your standard dinner plate size.

​Fad diets typically ____.

are nutritionally unbalanced

Very low calorie diets ____.​

decrease resting metabolic rate

The more ____ the body produces, the less you want to eat.

leptin

Who has the greatest influence on a person's perception of what constitutes ideal body weight?​

media

To minimize hunger pangs while dieting, you should consume sufficient ____ with each meal.​

protein

Which activity has the highest caloric expenditure (cal/lb/min)?​

running (7.0 min/mile)

Body weight and body fat percentage unique to each person that are regulated by genetic and environmental factors is _________________.

setpoint