Healthy Eating
The physiological need to eat to sustain life is
What is hunger?
What percentage of adult Americans are overweight or obese?
What is more than 60%?
What is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' recommendation for the minimum amount of moderate-intensity exercise for adults?
What is 150 minutes per week?
Which of the following body shapes represents a higher risk for heart disease?
What is apple?
Eliminating all fats from your diet is a healthy choice to reduce your risk of CVD and some Cancers?
What is false?
Which of the following provides a ready source of energy for daily activities?
What is carbohydrates?
What percentage of a person's body weight is water?
What is 50 to 70 percent?
What are the components of the FITT principle that apply to all types of exercise?
What is frequency, intensity, time, and type?
Which blood pressure measurement is considered to be a healthy reading?
What is anything below 120/80?
Some forms of cancer are associated with obesity?
What is true?
What are calories?
What are units to measure the amount energy obtained from food?
A 26-year-old male would be considered obese if he
What is has a body mass index of 30 or higher?
The measure of energy expended while a person is engaged in sedentary activities, such as sitting on a sofa or digesting food, is the
What is resting metabolic rate?
The development of cancer has been linked to
What is lifestyle behaviors?
Which behavior would most likely increase the risk of developing cancer?
What is eating a diet high in empty calories?
A person who avoids all foods and food products of animal origin, including dairy and eggs, is a
What is a vegan?
A healthy BMI number would be 25
What is false?
Exercise helps with weight control by increasing the body's
What is metabolic rate?
________ has been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for nearly 100 years
What is Cardiovascular disease?
High levels of this type of cholesterol appear to reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, or cholesterol-clogged arteries
What is HDL?
What type of proteins contain all nine essential amino acids?
What is complete?
Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight
What is reduces risk of developing CVD?
Which type of exercise is BEST for improving cardiorespiratory fitness?
What is aerobic?
A biopsy reveals that a woman who has had breast cancer now has cancer in her lymph nodes. The process of cancer spreading from one organ or body area to others is
What is metastasis?
Which of the following blood cholesterol profiles is optimal?
What is total cholesterol = 170; HDL cholesterol = 70?