Get Fit Stay Well Ch. 6

1) Women need ________% essential fat for reproductive system-related fat deposits.

2) ________ is defined as the relative amounts of lean and fat tissue in the human body.

3) ________ is defined as the body's total amount of fat-free tissue.

4) The minimal amount of fat needed for normal physiological functions is defined as

5) Which of the following provides energy, insulation, and padding?

6) Which of the following is true of storage fat?

7) In comparing typical 20- to 24-year-old men and women, gender variations in body composition are found primarily in ________ and ________.

8) From the mid-1970s to 2010, the number of overweight children and adolescents

9) What would cause a beginning exerciser to experience weight gain without an accompanied increase in storage fat?

10) Your friend Joe would like to know his BMI. He is 6' 3" (1.905 m) and his weight is 250 lbs (113.4 kg). What is his BMI (kg/m2)?

11) A disease risk assessment using height and weight is

12) A BMI of 30 or higher is classified as

13) A BMI between 25 and 29.9 is classified as

14) Your roommate is 5' 1" (1.5 m) and weighs 100 lbs (45.5 kg). What BMI (kg/m2) category would she be in?

15) BMIs in ________ and ________ ranges are associated with increased risk for premature death and disease.

16) Which of the following is a limitation of BMI?

17) Waist circumference is a measurement that assesses potential risk for disease based on ________ fat.

18) ________ and ________ put an individual at greatest risk for cardiovascular disease.

19) Waist-to-hip ratio is calculated by

20) Your brother has a waist circumference of 33" and a hip circumference of 40". What is his waist-to-hip ratio?

21) Which of the following is the best assessment for indicating disease risk?

22) People with android fat distribution carry more fat around their

23) Which waist-to-hip ratio is an indicator of high risk in young women?

25) Adipose tissue that surrounds organs in the abdomen is known as

26) Which of the following is the most accurate method of estimating body composition?

27) Which of the following techniques is considered the "gold standard" for assessing body fat percentage?

28) Which method of body composition assessment uses low-dose beams of X-ray energy to measure total fat mass, fat distribution pattern, and bone density?

29) Which of the following skinfold sites is used to measure body fat in females?

30) Skinfold measurements have what range of error in predicting percent body fat?

31) Skinfold thickness is measured with a

32) Which of the following conditions would make hydrostatic weighing most difficult for the subject?

33) Which of the following is a disadvantage of DXA?

34) Hydrostatic weighing is a body composition technique that utilizes

35) Which method of body composition assessment calculates body volume from the air displaced by an individual sitting inside a small chamber?

36) Which of the following best illustrates the principle of water displacement?

37) Which of the following techniques of body composition assessment is most similar in concept to hydrostatic weighing?

38) Bioelectrical impedance is based on the principle that

39) Max climbs into a Bod Pod at the football training camp to have his body composition assessed. What method does the Bod Pod use to calculate estimated percent body fat?

40) The range of error for a bioelectrical impedance (BIA) in measuring body composition is

41) Quick weight loss results in a loss of

42) When setting goals for achieving a healthy body composition, it is a good idea to

43) Which of the following assessment techniques may be monitored weekly to track progress in meeting body composition goals?

44) Jessie is trying to meet a healthy body composition goal. How often should Jessie have his BMI reassessed?

45) Which of the following is associated with the unhealthy "female athlete triad"?

46) Which of the following groups are at greatest risk for the female athlete triad?

47) The self-esteem and body composition disorder in which men who are of normal weight and even unusually muscular think that they are "puny" is which of the following?

48) Kim is a college soccer player. Her training coach assessed her body composition using skinfold thickness. She had 15% body fat. This percentage body fat is classified as