Ch. 10 Body Weight and Composition for Health and Sports

Essential fat in females represent about_percent of body fat.

12-15

Essential fat in males represents _ percent of the body weight.

3

When considering the compisition of the human body...

Essential body fat is necesassary for proper functioning of certain bidy structures, while storage fat is simply a depot for excess energy.

What method of assessment in body composition is now regarded as the "gold standard"?

Multicomponent model

What is the false statement about body composition?

Over fifty percent of total body fat is located just under the skin and is referred to as visceral fat.

What factor does not support the research evidence for genetic factors?(obesity)

There is a greater relationship between children and their adoptive parents, as compared to their biological parents, when considering morbid obesity.

Creeping obesity is caused by?

a combination of an increased consumption of Calories and a decreased level of physical activity.

What is the false method to measuring body composition?

more sophisticated techniques, such as MRI, CT, and neutron activation analysis, are very expensive, but individually are more effective than underwater weighting to predict body-fat percentage.

The "Settling point" theory.

supported by comparing the Pima Indians living in the United States with those living Mexico