1) Which of the following is a characteristic of the rate of dietary fat oxidation?
a.It is lower in obese people.
b.It is independent of LPL activity.
c.It is higher in females than males.
d.It is independent of the body’s set point.
e.It is consistent throughout the lifespan.
2) Which of the following is a feature of the body’s response to engaging in physical
activity?
a.After an intense and vigorous workout, metabolism remains elevated for several
hours.
b.Lower body fat is more readily lost from vigorous exercises that work primarily the
hip and leg muscles.
c.Blood glucose and fatty acid levels are low immediately after working out, but
thereafter recover on their own.
d.After an intense workout, most people immediately feel the urge to eat a large
carbohydrate meal to replace glycogen stores.
e.After intense exercise, gherlin secretion is typically elevated and remains so for
several hours.
3) When two amino acids are chemically joined together, the resulting structure is
called a ____.
a. dipeptide
b. diglyceride
c. polypeptide
d. disaccharide
e. polysaccharide
4) Which of the following vitamins is usually found in a form that is bound to one or
more pteroylglutamic acid molecules in food?
a.Folate
b.Thiamin
c.Vitamin B6
d.Ascorbic acid
e.Vitamin B12
5) The desire to eat a slice of chocolate cake after consuming a very large meal best
illustrates which state?
a.satiety
b.hunger
c.appetite
d.depression
e.bulimia
6) What is a safe rate of weight loss on a long-term basis for most overweight people?
a.0.5-2 lbs/week
b.3-4 lbs/week
c.5% body weight/month
d.7.5% body weight/month
e.10% body weight/month
7) Which vitamin is routinely given as a single dose to newborns?
a.Vitamin A
b.Vitamin E
c.Vitamin K
d.Vitamin B12
e.Vitamin C
8) Which of the following is a feature of physical inactivity and energy balance?
a.There is a strong genetic component to reduced physical activity of overweight
people.
b.Differences in the time obese and lean people spend lying, sitting, standing, and
moving account for about 350 kcalories per day.
c.Although watching television correlates with weight gain, playing video games does
not, presumably due to the heightened excitement engendered by action games.
d.Extraordinarily inactive people who lower their food intakes below that of their lean
counterparts activate brown adipose tissue uncoupling proteins that stimulate
hyperthermic weight loss.
e.Although extremely low levels of activity do increase risk of obesity, they do not
affect the risk of metabolic syndrome.
9) Which process best describes thermogenesis?
a.Burning of fat
b.Synthesis of fat
c.Generation of heat
d.Generation of water
e.Release of oxygen
10) A cathartic is a ____.
a.strong laxative
b.drug that induces vomiting
c.device to measure skinfold thickness
d.device to measure the amount of intra-abdominal fat
e.drug that decreases the urge to vomit
11) Which of the following vitamins is stored primarily in muscle tissue?
a.Biotin
b.Folate
c.Vitamin B6
d.Pantothenic acid
e.Thiamin
12) What is the ideal range of body fat content for women between 20 and 39 years of
age?
a.15-17%
b.18-21%
c.23-26%
d.28-32%
e.33-37%
13) Which action is characteristic of the appendix?
a. It ferments fiber.
b. It stores lymph cells.
c. It slows down peristalsis.
d. It stores preformed stools.
e. It assists in the formation of T-cells.
14) Summarize the dietary guidelines and recommendations for chronic diseases
15) In order to protect against ____________________, all women of childbearing age
who are capable of becoming pregnant should consume 0.4 milligram of folate daily.
16) Discuss factors that increase and decrease basal metabolic rate.
17) Discuss the essential nature of molybdenum, including food sources.
18) Identify the BMI figures that denote underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and
obese.