Intro to nutrition 23

Question 1

What is the formula for resting energy expenditure in a male?

Answer 1

900 + 10W

w= weight in kg

Question 2

what is the formula for resting energy expenditure in females?

Answer 2

700 + 7 W

Question 3

What are the coefficients for:
sedentary
moderately active
very active

Answer 3

sedentary - 1.2
moderately active - 1.4
very active - 1.8

Question 4

What is the formula for BMI?

Answer 4

kg/m^2

Question 5

What are the 5 levels of BMI?

Answer 5

1. 40 Grade 3 overweight - morbidly obese

Question 6

What is the obesity paradox?

Answer 6

in older people there is some data that suggests that being a little overweight is associated with less rate of mortality

Question 7

Why is BMI so widely used?

Answer 7

easy to measure and correlates with disease

Question 8

What are the limitations of BMI?

Answer 8

• failure to distinguish fat from lean mass

- failure to distinguish upper body truncal fat from lower body fat

Question 9

How many kilocalories does one have to burn to lose a kg of adipose tissue?

Answer 9

850 g x 9 kcal/g = 7650 kcal/kg adipose tissue lost

Question 10

What are the two recommendations for the consumption of carbs?

Answer 10

1. eat slow metabolized carbs - reduce insulin spike

2. reduce fructose consumption

Question 11

What is fructose bad for you?

Answer 11

turns into TGs which are deposited into the liver

-fatty liver can result leading to insulin resistance

Question 12

What is the glycemic index?

Answer 12

extent to which blood glucose rises after ingestion

Question 13

What is hydrogenated to make trans-fat?

Answer 13

PUFAs

Question 14

Is the consumption of transFA associated with coronary artery disease?

Answer 14

YESssSs strongly

Question 15

Are saturated fats considered atherogenic?

Answer 15

yess, probably not all of them but too much work to figure out which and to make peeps know the difff

Question 16

What type of fat lowers the risk of coronary artery disease?

Answer 16

omega -3 polyunsaturated FAs

Question 17

What type of fish are good sources of omega3s?

Answer 17

dark fish

salmon, mackerel, swordfish, bluefish, sardines

Question 18

What is the chemical goal of the atkins diet?

Answer 18

induce mild ketosis

Question 19

What is the only scientific way for weight loss to occur?

Answer 19

if E expenditure exceeds intake

Question 20

In short term studies of the atkins diet, what happened to the levels of:

1. LDL
2. HDL
3. TGs

Answer 20

1. did not increase
2. increased
3. decreased