Chapter 16 Flashcards
The current image used by the U.S. government to help explain what a healthy meal should look like is a dinner plate consisting of mostly fruit and vegetables.
True
Though more study is needed to show exactly why it is true, eating more fruits and vegetables protects against colon and breast cancers.
True
The ________________________ suggest that bariatric surgery may be appropriate for obese people with a BMI of at least 40 and for people with a BMI of 35 together with serious coexisting medical conditions such as diabetes.
National Institutes of Health
The report of what agency states, “It is paradoxical that obesity is increasing in the United States while more people are dieting than ever before, by one estimate, more than $33 billion per year on weight-reduction projects and services?
Institute of Medicine
Even though many people want to be thinner, getting people to lose weight seems to be even more difficult than getting them to quit smoking.
True
Obese children are, for the first time, being diagnosed with what medical condition that was believed to occur almost exclusively in adults?
Type II diabetes
Sugary liquids, compared to sugary solid foods, do not decrease the total food consumed, and, therefore, increase calories consumed.
True
Which of the following are especially unlikely to have a high BMI?
Asian girls
Physical activity during dieting produces a healthier result when weight is lost since lean ________________________ is better maintained.
body mass
_______________________ can be improved by “point of choice” posting of nutritional information, which can help shoppers who are concerned about the nutritional content of food but do not know how to make wise choices.
Self-efficacy
U.S. government policy subsidizes industrial agriculture, which produces high-calorie commodities at the expense of more nutritious produce.
True
Males with less than 12 years of education are nearly twice as likely to be overweight than male college graduates.
False
