(4C, Ch30,30+) Energy Balance and Body/Fat Mass Flashcards
A big increase in prevalence of overweight and obesity in the US over the last several decades is LEAST LIKELY to be due to changes in…
A. Patterns of caloric consumption
B. Patterns of physical activity
C. A change in the genetics of the population (i.e. evolution)
C. A change in the genetics of the population (i.e. evolution)
You see your uncle only once a year at Thanksgiving. You notice that this year, he’s packing plenty of extra baggage in the abdominal area. He has been in….
A. positive energy balance
B. energy balance
C. negative energy balance
D. all of the above
A. positive energy balance
Corylin ____ metabolic rate (thermogenesis) via activation of uncoupling in brown adipose tissue
increases
Which type of fat has an abundance of mitochondria and high expression of uncoupling protein, allowing large heat generation?
A. white fat
B. brown fat
B. brown fat
Which is more effective for fat loss?
A. Diet by itself
B. Resistance training by itself
C. Diet with resistance training
C. Diet with resistance training
Large weight loss in the first week of a diet is most likely due to…
water loss
fat loss
protein loss
water loss
Which carries a bigger risk? Apple or pear bodies?
Apple
Which corresponds to greater waist-to-hip girth ratio?
A. pear-shaped, gynoid fat distribution
B. apple-shaped, android fat distribution
B. apple-shaped, android fat distribution
Who’s engaged in more non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) on a daily basis?
A. Someone who’s aerobically trained or resistance trained
B.a sedentary person
A. Someone who’s aerobically trained or resistance trained
Using a cut in caloric intake by itself (without exercise) doesn’t result in as much fat loss as the caloric deficit would indicate, because…
A. the diet increases basal metabolic rate
B. the person needs to eat more to stay on the diet
C. basal metabolic rate decreases, decreasing the daily caloric deficit
C. basal metabolic rate decreases, decreasing the daily caloric deficit
How many kcals are lost per mile?
~100 kcal
Energy balance model: Negative energy
caloric expenditure is greater than caloric intake (fat loss)
A person limits caloric intake by about 250 kcal/day and also starts exercising to expend about 250 kcal/day beyond her normal activity. About how long will it take her to lose a pound of body fat?
A. less than one day, if she’s on a plan to lose 30 pounds in 20 days
B. about one day, if she’s on a plan to lose 10 pounds in nine days
C. about a week
C. about a week
Which type of exercise will allow you to expend 500 kcal in 5 minutes?
A. aerobic exercise
B. resistance exercise
C. cross fit
D. high intensity interval training
E. none of the above
E. none of the above
A pound of fat tissue is approximately equivalent to…
100 kcal
2,000 kcal
3,500 kcal
3,500 kcal
People who are trained tend to me more physically active outside their planned exercise, so their non-exercise activity thermogenesis (AKA NEAT) _____
increases
Energy balance model: Positive energy
caloric intake exceed caloric expenditure (fat gain)
Positive energy balance of 250 kcal/day adds up to the equivalent (3,500 kcal) of a pound of body fat in…
A. A day
B. A week
C. Two weeks
D. A year
C. Two weeks
A person who consumes 1,750 kcal per day and has stable body weight without fluctuations in percentage of body fat needs to do a hospital procedure that requires her to consume no calories over 48 hours. In this time, she will be in negative energy balance that is roughly equivalent to ____ pounds of body fat.
A. 8
B. 0
C. 48 if she does the Dr. Oz walk off body fat in your house diet plan
D. 1
E. 2
D. 1
Larger lipid content per cell and cell number contribute to _____ adipose mass in obese vs non-obese subjects
greater
What are the three main components that correlate with body composition?
- Cultural transmission
- Genetic transmission
- Nontransmissible
The higher the waist-to-hip ratio, the _____ likely it is that there’s abdominal adiposity.
A. More
B. less
A. More