Quiz Week 10

Question 1

Which parent is a greater indicator of fatness in a child?

Answer 1

Mother

Question 2

The most common criteria used to determine obesity?

Answer 2

Percentage Body Fat???

Question 3

Name health risks associated with excessive body fat?

Answer 3

Impared Cardiac Function
Hypertension, Stroke and deep vein thrombosis
Increased insulin resistance (type 2 diabetes)
Renal disease
Sleep Apnea
Osteoarthritis, degenerative joint disease
Endometrial, prostate, breast, colon cancers
Abnormal Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein levels.
Menstrual Irregularities
Gallbladder disease
Enormous psychological burden and social stigma

Question 4

The eating disorder in which self starvation and low body weight are predominant characteristics is called?

Answer 4

Anorexia

Question 5

The eating disorder in which binging and purging are predominant characteristics is called?

Answer 5

Bulimia

Question 6

The soft hair that covers the body when an individual losses an excessive amount of body weight is call?

Answer 6

Lanugo

Question 7

The disorder in which exercise becomes an addiction is called?

Answer 7

Anorexia Athletica

Question 8

What is the term for when fat cells increase in size?

Answer 8

Hypertrophic

Question 9

What is the term for when fat cells increase in number?

Answer 9

Hyperplastic

Question 10

Eating disorders are considered what type of disease, physical or psychological?

Answer 10

Psychological