Energy Balance Assessment and Body Composition II

Question 1

Encourages formation of visceral adipose tissue

Answer 1

Testosterone

Question 2

Subcutaneous fat (SCAT) in the thigh and hips

Answer 2

Pear shape

Question 3

Encourages SCAT

Answer 3

Estrogen

Question 4

Used to assess central adiposity

Answer 4

Waist circumference

Question 5

Central adiposity is classified as a waist to hip ratio of

1. ) For men
2. ) For women

Answer 5

1. ) Above 0.9

2. ) Above 0.85

Question 6

Account for 40-70% of weight differences between people

Answer 6

Genes

Question 7

The gene for obesity is thought to be

Answer 7

Leptin

Question 8

When a Leptin knockout mouse receives leptin from a mouse it is surgically joined to, it

Answer 8

Loses weight

Question 9

Mice that lack a leptin receptor do not experience

Answer 9

Weight loss

Question 10

Has not proved to be effective in treating obesity, its discovery led to important understanding of body weight regulation

Answer 10

Leptin

Question 11

Communicates the body’s energy reserve to the brain

Answer 11

Leptin

Question 12

What are the 10 essential amino acids

Answer 12

1. ) Histidine
2. ) Isoleucine
3. ) Leucine
4. ) Lysine
5. ) Methionine
6. ) Phenylalanine
7. ) Threonine
8. ) Tryptophan
9. ) Valine
10. ) Arginine

Question 13

Essential in infants and growing children

Answer 13

Arginine

Question 14

What are the conditionally essential amino acids?

Answer 14

Phenylalanine and methionine

Question 15

What is the pnemonic for remembering the essential amino acids?

Answer 15

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