U2C6L4: Body Image

Question 1

Body Image

Answer 1

The way you see your physical self.

Question 2

Body Composition

Answer 2

The ratio of body fat to lean body tissue, such as bone, muscle, and fluid.

Question 3

Body Mass Index

Answer 3

A measurement that allows you to assess your body size, taking your height and weight into account.

Question 4

Empty Calories

Answer 4

Calories that contain little nutritional value.

Question 5

What is the 4th element of fitness?

Answer 5

Body composition, or the ratio of body fat to lean tissue (bone, muscle, fluid)

Question 6

What is one way to measure body composition?

Answer 6

BMI, or Body Mass Index, to take into account your height and age. It also helps screen for overweight/underweight issues according to the CDC and AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics).

Question 7

List the BMI formula.

Answer 7

BMI= Weight in pounds/Height in inches X Height in inches X 703

Question 8

What can lead to being overweight?

Answer 8

• Eating more than needed
• Eating foods high in sugar/fat or empty calories
• Not exercising enough (sedentary)

Question 9

What are the effects of being underweight?

Answer 9

• Osteoporosis (brittle bones)
• Lower ability to fight infection
• Lower ability to recover from illness/heal wounds

Question 10

What are the recommended calories for both females and males?

Answer 10

• Females: 2,200-2,400
• Males: 2,800-3,200

Question 11

What are examples of what NOT to do when trying to lose weight?

Answer 11

• Skipping meals
• Eating fewer calories a day than recommended for age/height
• Relying on special formulas/products

Question 12

What are the 3 things that managing weight is about?

Answer 12

• What you eat
• How much you eat
• How much you exercise

Question 13

Basal Metabolic Rate

Answer 13

A measurement that shows how many calories you burn when you’re doing nothing.

Question 14

Endocrine System

Answer 14

Parts of the body that produce hormones to regulate metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sleep, mood, and other aspects of the body.

Question 15

Fasting

Answer 15

Not eating for long periods.

Question 16

Obsession

Answer 16

An emotional state in which something seems so important that you are always thinking about it.

Question 17

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 17

An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation leading to extreme weight loss.

Question 18

Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 18

An eating disorder in which a person eats large amounts of food and then tries to purge the food.

Question 19

Explain BMR.

Answer 19

It is basal metabolic rate that measures how many calories you burn when doing nothing, and it uses your height, weight, and age to determine calorie needs.

• Women: BMR=655 + (4.35 x weight in lbs) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)
• Men: BMR=66 + (6.23 x weight in lbs) + (12.7 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)

Question 19

What is the Harris Benedict Equation?

Answer 19

It uses BMR and an activity factor to determine calorie needs and expenditure. The more active you are the more calories you need.

Question 20

What is anorexia nervosa and its symptoms?

Answer 20

It is self-starvation leading to extreme weight loss and eating very little.

• An intense fear of gaining weight or being overweight.
• A highly distorted body image that sees fat where there isn’t any.
• A refusal to maintain a normal body weight.
• A refusal to eat or eating patterns that tightly restrict food intake.

Question 21

What is bulimia nervosa and its symptoms?

Answer 21

It is eating large amounts of food and then trying to get rid of the food to stay skinny.

• Regular binge eating episodes, at least two per week for several months.
• Binges followed by purging, strict dieting, or excessive exercise to prevent weight gain.
• Using self-induced vomiting or laxatives as part of purging.
• An obsession with weight and body shape.

Question 22

What is binge-eating disorder and its symptoms?

Answer 22

Rapid consumption of food without trying to get rid of it, just causes guilt and shame that contributes to mental issues.

• Eating large amounts of food in short period regardless of hunger at least twice a week.
• Eating until you feel overly full.
• Eating large amounts of food when you are alone.
• Eating personal “comfort foods”, like cookies or ice cream during excessive eating sessions.

Question 23

What are 2 other unhealthy eating behaviors?

Answer 23

• Compulsive overeating: eat constantly and quickly even when full, snacking all day
• Extreme dieting: obsessing with each bite of food taken and exercise, focussed mainly on dieting/exercise