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?
