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Health, Chapter: 7

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For individuals, achieving a healthy body weight for life depends mainly on
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Lifestyle
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To find a weight loss plan that offers the best chance of success, you should avoid plans that
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Avoid plans that will drastically change your eating patterns Completely eliminate certain foods Requires hours of prep Requires hours of prep
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Abdominal Fat is considered a greater threat to health than hip-and-thigh fat because abdominal fat more easily enters the bloodstream.
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it more easily enters the bloodstream.
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Overweight, a condition that is less serious than obesity, is defined as having an adult BMI between
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25 and 29.9
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For a person who is trying to lose weight, a weight loss of _ & _ pounds per week is a healthy goal
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1 & 2
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T/F: Depression is associated with low body fat levels
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True
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T/F: Hair loss is associated with low body fat levels
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True
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T/F: Increased appetite is associated with low body fat levels
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False
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T/F: Infertility is associated with low body fat levels
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True
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T/F: Lack of menstruation is associated with low body fat levels
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True
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The body mass index is used mainly to determine
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how your body weight may effect your health
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T/F: Body fat percentage for women decreases during puberty
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False
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T/F: Average body fat percentage does not differ by gender
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False
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T/F: Some hormones cannot be produced when body fat falls below a certain threshold
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True
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Obese people are __ times as likely as healthy-weight people to die before reaching their expected life span
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4 times
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T/F: If both your parents are obese your risk of being obese increases to 80%
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True
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T/F: For most people, obesity involved a single gene.
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False
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T/F: The risk of becoming obese increases slightly if ones parents are not obese.
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False
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T/F: Twin studies support a genetic tendency toward obesity
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True
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T/F: Adopted children tend to be similar in weight to their adoptive parents.
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False
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Obesity is defined as having a body mass index of __ or higher
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30
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T/F: Fat carried on the hips and thighs is a disadvantage because it breaks down and enters the bloodstream more easily
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False
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T/F: Women, after menopause, experience a shift in body fat from the hips and thighs to the abdomen.
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True