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Eating Habits and Weight control

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  • High protein diets are the most effective way to lose weight.
    False
  • What exercises are the best for weight control and fat loss?
    Aerobic Exercise. is cardiovascular exercise, or cardio, that gets your heart pumping.
  • __________ is the process of achieving and maintaining an individual's desired weight.
    Weight Management.
  • True or False: Eating Habits characterize the way an individual consumes food.
    True. It relates to how, why, what, and with whom an individual eats, as well as the way he/she gains, stores, uses, and discards food.
  • What is the worst way to cook food?
    If you want to be at an increased risk of heart disease at all times, deep frying is for you. frying also adds saturated fat, cholesterol and sodiuum
  • Eat like a caveman! -Whole, unprocessed foods. -no grains, dairy, legumes, sugar, or salt. Claims: Our bodies are genetically designed to eat this way.
    Paleo Diet
  • Identify the body type:
    Ectomorph. This body type is thin, usually tall, and lanky. Individuals with a sturdy, rounder bone structure have wider hips, stocky limbs
  • The term ______ refers to why and how people eat, which foods they eat, and with whom they eat, as well as the ways people obtain, store, use and discard food.
    Eating Habits
  • What is an eating disorder, in which the individual eats too much food, then gets rid of it by inducing vomiting, using laxatives, or exercising very strenuously?
    Bulimia
  • There are bad food choices.
    True
  • A condition in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin, the hormone required for the metabolism of sugar
    Diabetes
  • Diet composition - high fat (70% of calories) adequate protein (25% of calories) Low-carbohydrates (5% of calories)
    Keto Diet
  • What is a loss of water from body tissues?
    Dehydration
  • What is the most accurate method for determining a percentage of body fat?
    Hydrostatic weighing, also known as underwater weighing, is one of the more accurate forms of body composition assessment with error rates etween 2-5%
  • exceeding desirable body weight by 10% is called ______
    Overweight
  • A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and maintenance of life.
    Nutrients
  • It is sometimes called weight-bearing or weight-loading activity, produces a force on the bone that promotes bone growth and strength.
    Bone-Strengthening Activity a.k.a weight-bearing or weight-loading activity, produces a force on the bone that promotes bone growth and strength.
  • True or False: Eating habits are not influenced by society.
    False. Eating habits are likewise influenced by culture, religion, economic status, society, and environment.
  • What food can magically melt fat from your body?
    None
  • What is essential for combatting birth defects and keeping the immune system healthy?
    Folic Acid. (folic acid is the synthetic form of FOLATE - also known as Vitamin B9)