Obesity

Question 1

A person who is 20% heavier than the medically ideal weight for a given sex, height, and bone structure.

Answer 1

Obesity

Question 2

Sum total of physical events and processes occurring within a living organism necessary to maintain life.

Answer 2

Metabolism

Question 3

Lack of specific receptors for the neurotransmitter serotonin may cause people’s brains (hypothalamus) to not register satiety.

Answer 3

Why people become obese: Genetic theory

Question 4

A person is threatened by their own sexuality, and obesity becomes a defense mechanism.

Eating is a stress reduction technique.

Ex: Woman sexually abused puts on weight to prevent situation from happening again.

Answer 4

Why people become obese: Psychodynamic theory

Question 5

Strict disciplinarian with low levels of sensitivity to child’s emotional needs.

Answer 5

Parenting Style: Authoritarian

Question 6

Set clear boundaries and have high expectations for self control but respectful of a child’s opinion.

Answer 6

Parenting Style: Authoritative

Question 7

Indulgent and without discipline.

Answer 7

Parenting Style: Permissive

Question 8

Emotionally uninvolved with no set rules.

Answer 8

Parenting Style: Neglectful

Question 9

Many aspects of our environment (cheap, abundant, and high fat foods and sedentary lifestyle) lend themselves to obesity.

Answer 9

Why people become obese: Social theory

Question 10

Take weight in pounds and divide by 2.2 (get weight in kilograms)

Take weight in inches and multiply by 0254 (height in meters)

Square height in meters

Divide weight in kilograms by squared height in meters

Answer 10

How to get Body Mass Index (BMI)

Question 11

25-29: Moderately Overweight
30-39: Severely Overweight
40 and higher: Morbidly Obese

Answer 11

Body Mass Index (BMI)