Healthy Body Composition FVS

Essential fat is fat that is in your organs, bones, muscles, and nervous system, and it is necessary to carry out normal body functions. Essential fat distribution varies by gender with men typically having 3% their total weight and women having 12% their total weight.

Excess fat can hurt your heart from high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, and clogged arteries. Excess fat affects your insulin levels, which can lead to diabetes, putting you at a higher risk for heart attacks. Excess fat can also cause some sleep disorders including sleep apnea.

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B. normal

Measuring her progress on a scale might be the simplest and most common way, but it is not very accurate because it will track all of your body weight gains, including muscle, bone growth, as well as fat. *Responses will vary. A sample response follows:* Although a scale will measure one's total body mass, it does not determine the lean-to-fat ratio in a person's body, so it's important to remember that muscle weighs more than fat. Also, it's essential to remember that body fat is necessary for the body to function effectively.

D. Obese children find that maintaining a healthy body composition is easier as an adult because their metabolism naturally increases.

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B. Storage body fat can be found directly below the skin in the human body.

One factor that could be affecting his body composition could be his heredity. His parents might naturally have high levels of fat and low metabolism. They also might naturally have short and stocky frames, which were passed down to Thomas. *Responses will vary. A sample response follows:* The factor that is most likely affecting Thomas's body composition is genetics. Heredity influences the amount of fat a person possesses, and children with heavyset parents are more likely to be heavyset.

B. measures the percentage of one's body fat directly

Essential fat is fat that is in your organs, bones, muscles, and nervous system, and it is necessary to carry out normal body functions. Storage body fat is found directly under the skin and around internal organs, and it is used for energy. *Responses will vary. A sample response follows:* Essential body fat is found within our organs, bones, muscles, and nervous system. It is critical for normal functioning. Storage body fat is located around internal organs and directly below the skin and has numerous functions, such as minimizing heat gain and loss, reducing the impact that falls have on our organs, reducing the effects of aging, and supplying the body with energy when needed.

Both severely underweight and overweight people can face hormone imbalances, bone disorders, or death. Underweight people can have organ failure, and females can lose their menstruation cycle. Overweight people can face diabetes or increased cholesterol. *Responses will vary. A sample response follows:* Severely overweight and underweight people face numerous health issues, but those issues differ for the most part. People who have too much body fat may suffer from such problems as high blood pressure, increased cholesterol, diabetes, and joint and bone disorders. On the other hand, people with too little body fat suffer from altered hormones, loss of menstruation (in women), osteoporosis, and organ failure. The one major consequence that both severely overweight and underweight people face is death.

D. all of the above

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D. medical problems

True

A. Medical problems can improve one's body composition.

B. Inactive people use more energy so they should consume fewer calories.

B. Storage body fat helps increase the effects of aging.

True

C. The percentage of essential body fat is the same for both males and females.

B. skin

A. Body composition is the percentage of fat to lean body mass.

B. financial problems

True

A. increased cholesterol

False