Exam Two

Question 1

Aerobic Exercise

Answer 1

High intensity, long-duration, and high-endurance exercise, believed to contribute to cardiovascular fitness and other positive health outcomes.

Question 2

Obesity

Answer 2

An excessive accumulation of body fat, believed to contribute to a variety of health disorders, including cardiovascular disease.

Question 3

Set point theory of weight

Answer 3

The concept that each individual has an ideal biological weight that cannot be greatly modified.

Question 4

Stress Eating

Answer 4

Eating in response to stress.

Approximately half of the population increases eating in response to stress.

Question 5

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 5

A condition produced by excessive dieting and exercise that yields body weight grossly below optimal level, most common among adolescent girls.

Question 6

Bulimia

Answer 6

An eating syndrome characterized by alternating cycles of binge eating and purging through such techniques as vomiting and extreme dieting.

Question 7

Yo-yo dieting

Answer 7

The process of chronically alternating between dieting and regular eating, leading to successive weight gains and losses.
Over time, yo-yo dieters increase their chances of becoming obese by altering their underlying metabolism.

Question 8

Physical dependence

Answer 8

A state in which the body has adjusted to the use of a substance, incorporating it into the body’s normal functioning.

Question 9

Tolerance

Answer 9

The process by which the body increasingly adapts to a substance, requiring larger and larger doses of it to obtain the same effect.
A frequent characteristic of substance abuse, including alcohol and drug abuse.