Chapter 9

Lipotoxicity

Adverse effects on organs such as the liver from the presence of excess body fat is known as

BMI >/=40

Aggressive treatment should be discussed with people who are obese if they have which of the following risk factors?

Distractions generally appear to reduce food intake

All of the following are associations between the environment and food intake except

The number decreases when fat is lost from the body

All of the following describe the behavior of fat cells except?

Self-monitoring eating habits and emotions around eating

An example of a behavior modification technique for weight control is?

1200

As a general rule, what minimum number of kcalories per day is necessary to ensure nutritional adequacy in an eating plan for reducing body weight in women?

Obesity

Bariatrics is a field of medicine the specializes in the treatment of

Prevention

Because obesity apparently has many causes, even in an individual, the best approach seems to be

20% of body weight in 6 months

Glennon is a client who communicates a strong desire to lose weight fast. You explain the importance of setting reasonable weight loss goals to her. Which of the following is not a reasonable weight loss goal?

6 months

In a weight reduction regimen, the most realistic time frame for losing 10% of initial body weight is

Obese

John is 5'10" tall and weighs 228lbs. How would you classify John's BMI status?

Leptin decreases while ghrelin increases

What are the observed effects of sleep deprivation on leptin and ghrelin?

Genetics and environment

What is the chief factor that determines a persons susceptibility to obesity?

Point above which the body tends to lose weight and below which it tends to gain weight

Which of the following defines the body's set point?

More and larger fat cells are found in obese people compared with healthy-weight persons.

Which of the following is a characteristic of fat cell development?

Lipoprotein lipase

Which of the following is known to promote fat storage in adipocytes?

30 kcals 200*15%= 30

A typical person who burns 200 kcalories during a 2 mile would, in the postexercise period, burn an additional

The activity of lipoprotein lipase

The most likely explanation for why women readily store fat around the hips whereas men readily store fat around the abdomen is gender differences in

60 minutes

To help prevent weight gain/promote weight maintenance, the DRI suggests daily, moderately intense, physical activities totaling?

They shrank in size but did not decrease in number

Tom was overweight when he was 13. During puberty he continued to gain weight steadily until at age 23, when he decided to lose weight. Tom successfully lost 50 pounds. Which of the following most likely happened to Tom's fat cells?