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
