Sports
This high-energy molecule in which energy is stored for use by the body.
What is Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?
The amount of weight gained recommended during pregnancy to woman with a "healthy" BMI.
What is 25-35 lbs?
This mineral is required to carry oxygen.
What is iron?
A calculated measurement that classifies the weight of a person based on their height.
What is BMI?
This energy system produces lactic acid.
What is anaerobic metabolism?
The improvement of mood, sleep, and concentration.
What are the mental health benefits of exercise?
The amount of protein required during the second and third trimester of pregnancy?
What is an additional 25 g/day or 1.1 g/kg/day?
The only fat-soluble vitamin with NO Tolerable Upper Limit.
What is Vitamin E.
What is "obesogenic"?
The depletion of glycogen during exercise results in this phenomenon.
What is hitting the wall or bonking?
A low-intensity aerobic activity that maintains your heart rate between 60-60% of your maximum heart rate.
What is the fat-burning zone?
The inability of an infant to grow in height and/or weight.
What is failure to thrive?
What is 1500 mg?
A method that accurately predicts the body's fat mass.
What is dual-energy XRAY absorptiometry or DEXA?
This energy system is maximized by continuous 10 minutes of physical activity.
What is aerobic metabolism?
5-7 g/kg of this nutrient is needed to supply an athlete with adequate energy during moderate exercise.
What is carbohydrate?
These four nutrients are required in greater amounts for adults above the age of 60.
What are calcium, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6 and B12?
These vitamins are known as "anti-oxidants".
What are vitamins A, C, and E.
An approach that uses weight inclusiveness, eating for well-being, and physical activity.
What is Health at Every Size or HAES?
This syndrome occurs when energy intake is insufficient to meet an athletes needs.
What is RED-S (relative energy deficiency in sports)?
A parameter of fitness that measures a person's basal metabolic rate and VO2 Max.
What is metabolic fitness?
The term is used to describe the inability to swallow.
What is dysphagia?
These nutrients are lost during sweating.
The type of fat that is related to increased health risk.
What is visceral fat?
The part of the brain that regulates thirst.
What is the hypothalamus?