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64) The process that occurs when fat cells swell and enlarge is

A) dystrophy.

B) hypertrophy.

C) hyperthyroidism.

D) hyperbole.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity

Learning Outcome: 10.2

65) Since 1960, the percentage of the U.S. population that is obese has

A) increased by 25 percent.

B) increased by 50 percent.

C) doubled.

D) more than doubled.

Skill: Remembering

Section: Overweight and Obesity: A Growing Challenge

Learning Outcome: 10.1

66) Paula maintained her normal weight during her freshman year in college. During her

sophomore year, she moved into an apartment with two friends who are overweight. The three

regularly enjoy high-calorie meals together, and Paula has gained more than twenty pounds. She

wants to lose weight, but it seems as if, whenever she plans to prepare a healthful, low-calorie

meal, her roommates come home with a box of pizza or take-out burgers and fries. What type of

influence are her friends having on her behavior?

A) moral support

B) emotional encouragement

C) social undermining

D) informal persuasion

Skill: Applying

Section: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity

Learning Outcome: 10.2

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67) Emotions or situations that cause a person to make unhealthy eating choices are

A) triggers.

B) pressures.

C) behaviors.

D) feelings.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Managing Your Weight: Individual Roles

Learning Outcome: 10.4

68) In working to improve your eating habits, one important step to take is to

A) hire a nutritional life coach.

B) eat more slowly and stop when you begin to feel full.

C) read the best–selling diet books and choose a diet to follow.

D) go on an all-liquid diet for the first two weeks to cleanse your system.

Skill: Applying

Section: Managing Your Weight: Individual Roles

Learning Outcome: 10.4

69) Which type of weight loss surgery involves a procedure that restricts stomach size to limit

food intake?

A) adipose tissue removal

B) liposuction

C) gastric banding

D) gastric bypass

Skill: Understanding

Section: Managing Your Weight: Individual Roles

Learning Outcome: 10.4

70) Some forms of cancer are associated with obesity.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Overweight and Obesity: A Growing Challenge

Learning Outcome: 10.1

71) Extremely low body fat can contribute to loss of menstrual period.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Assessing Body Weight and Body Composition

Learning Outcome: 10.3

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72) As body mass index decreases below 18.5, an adult‘s overall health risk increases.

Skill: Applying

Section: Assessing Body Weight and Body Composition

Learning Outcome: 10.3

73) Socioeconomic status can have a significant effect on risk for obesity.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity

Learning Outcome: 10.2

74) The prevalence of obesity is consistent across all subpopulations in the United States.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity

Learning Outcome: 10.2

75) A mother’s decision to bottle–feed her baby, as opposed to breast-feeding, would increase the

child’s chances of becoming obese.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity

Learning Outcome: 10.2

76) Basal metabolic rate is relatively stable throughout life.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity

Learning Outcome: 10.2

77) An obese person burns fewer calories walking the same distance as a thin person.

Skill: Applying

Section: Managing Your Weight: Individual Roles

Learning Outcome: 10.4

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78) The exercise metabolic rate would be lower for walking versus jogging.

Skill: Applying

Section: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity

Learning Outcome: 10.2

79) Dietary supplements containing ephedra have dangerous side effects, but are effective in

helping people lose weight and keep it off.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Managing Your Weight: Individual Roles

Learning Outcome: 10.4

80) Two males of equal size and leanness but different ages will burn the same amount of

calories at rest.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity

Learning Outcome: 10.2

81) Very-low-calorie diets have been shown to cause significant health risks and can, in fact, be

deadly.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Managing Your Weight: Individual Roles

Learning Outcome: 10.4

82) About one-third of people who undergo gastric surgery for weight loss relapse within five

years.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Managing Your Weight: Individual Roles

Learning Outcome: 10.4

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83) Obesity increases an individual‘s risk for numerous physical health problems. Identify at

least two of the non-physical health risks associated with obesity.

Skill: Analyzing

Section: Overweight and Obesity: A Growing Challenge

Learning Outcome: 10.1

84) Identify the three factors that determine how many calories a person expends during that

activity.

Skill: Understanding

Section: Managing Your Weight: Individual Roles

Learning Outcome: 10.4

85) Discuss some of the concerns associated with eating out at restaurants and give some

strategies that can be used to combat overeating.

Skill: Analyzing

Section: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity

Learning Outcome: 10.2

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86) Identify at least three environmental factors that you believe have contributed to the increase

in obesity in the U.S. in the last 50 years and explain how.

Skill: Analyzing

Section: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity

Learning Outcome: 10.2

87) Discuss several potential triggers that can cause a person to overeat, as well as strategies for

dealing with those triggers.

Skill: Analyzing

Section: Managing Your Weight: Individual Roles

Learning Outcome: 10.4