Health & Wellness, Ninth Edition

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Practice Quizzes

These Practice Quizzes test your knowledge of the important concepts in each chapter and provide an explanation for each answer.

Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: Sandra wants to know if she is overweight. Which of the following is the LEAST reliable way for her to do that?
	A: calculating her body mass index
	B: using life insurance tables of weight-for-height
	C: comparing her body shape to an apple or a pear
	D: comparing her body shape to women on the cover of Shape magazine

2: The body mass index (BMI) is a way to assess body size. Health experts strongly suggest that people not have a BMI greater than
	A: 15
	B: 20
	C: 25
	D: 30

3: How many calories are in a pound of body fat?
	A: 15
	B: 250
	C: 3500
	D: 4500

4: If a person uses about 4 calories to fuel a minute of walking, and it takes about 20 minutes to walk a mile, approximately how many miles must a person walk to utilize the energy ("burn") in a pound of fat?
	A: 1 mile
	B: 10 miles
	C: 50 miles
	D: 100 miles

5: Calorie-restriction weight-loss programs tend to fail
	A: because the body resists fat loss by becoming more efficient at using energy
	B: because most people lack the will power to stay on them long enough
	C: when they are based on a high carbohydrate diet plan
	D: when dietary supplements are not also used

6: Which is NOT a factor of sensible weight management?
	A: exercising for about 30 minutes a day on most days of the week
	B: eating to satisfy stressful feelings
	C: limiting
	D: eating only when hungry

7: Which of the following is the most likely way to lose weight and keep it off?
	A: cutting down the amount of food consumed
	B: using weight-loss drugs
	C: liposuction
	D: all of the above
	E: none of the above

8: There are two kinds of body fat, _______ and ________.
	A: essential; storage
	B: hereditary; sedentary
	C: storage; visible
	D: essential; sedentary

9: The region of the hypothalamus of the brain that controls the fatness set point is called the _______
	A: leptin
	B: appestat
	C: pituitary gland
	D: energy balance

10: The eating disorder that is characterized by compulsive, uncontrolled consumption of large quantities of food is called_______.
	A: anorexia nervosa
	B: binge-eating disorder
	C: bulimia
	D: depression

11: Carbohydrate is more efficient for storing energy than is fat.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: The body's need for energy to live and move around is an example of an appestat turn-on.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

13: The best way to lose weight is to cut back on calories consumed.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

14: Medications and supplements are highly effective at producing weight loss.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: Compulsive, extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting is called anorexia nervosa.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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