Chapter 8 Vocab

Question 1

A weight that exceeds the threshold of a health criterion standard to a greater degree than overweight

Answer 1

Obesity

Question 2

A weight that exceeds the threshold of a health criterion standard

Answer 2

Overweight

Question 3

A large fold of visceral peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach

Answer 3

Omentum

Question 4

Located inside the peritoneal cavity, packed in between internal organs

Answer 4

Visceral Fat

Question 5

Technique to measure body fat percentage that requires weighing a person underwater as well as on land

Answer 5

Underwater weighing

Question 6

Fat that is required for normal healthy functioning

Answer 6

Essential body fat

Question 7

Body fat, above essential levels, that accumulates in adipose tissue

Answer 7

Storage fat

Question 8

Measure of subcutaneous fat at various body sites using special calipers

Answer 8

Skinfold technique

Question 9

Technique to measure body fat percentage that passes a harmless, low-level, single-frequency electrical current through the body using electrodes placed on the wrist and ankle

Answer 9

Bioelectrical impedance

Question 10

The energy expended in skeletal muscle contraction and relaxation

Answer 10

Thermic effect of activity (TEA)

Question 11

The energy expended by our bodies to eat and process (digest, transport, metabolize, and store) food.

Answer 11

Thermic effect of food (TEF)

Question 12

A theory that proposes that a regulatory system exists in the human body that is designed to maintain body weight at some fixed level.

Answer 12

Set point theory

Question 13

Brain mechanism that establishes a set for a fixed amount of body fat

Answer 13

Adipostat

Question 14

The picture you have of your body, what it looks like to you, and how you think it looks to others

Answer 14

Body image

Question 15

Refers to a wide range of harmful eating behaviors used in the attempt lose weight or achieve a lean appearance

Answer 15

Eating disorder