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The Basics of Body Composition
The Basics of Body Composition?
Evaluating and maintaining a healthy Body Composition
Body Weight and Health Risks
Body Image and Weight Control
100
Body type characterized by ?a low percentage of body fat, small bone size, and ?a small amount ?of muscle mass and size.
What is an ectomorph?
100
A way to assess body size in relation to your height and weight.
What is body composition?
100
The distance around a ?body part.
What is girth?
100
Health problems and diseases linked to or resulting directly from long-term overweight or obesity.
What are excessive weight disabilities?
100
The way you ?see your body.
What is body image?
200
Body type characterized by ?a low-to-medium percentage ?of body fat, medium-to-large bone size, and ?a large amount ?of muscle mass and size.
What is a Mesomorph?
200
A condition in which a person is heavier than the standard weight range for his or her height.
What is overweight?
200
Tweezerlike device used to pinch a fold of skin surrounding adipose tissue.
What are calipers?
200
A condition in which a person stops breathing during sleep, due to obstructed or reduced air passages.
What is sleep apnea?
200
Psychological illnesses that cause people to undereat, overeat, or practice other dangerous nutrition-related behaviors.
What are eating disorders?
300
Body type characterized by ?a high percentage of body fat, large bone size, and ?a small amount ?of muscle mass and size.
What is an Endomorph?
300
The minimum amount of body fat necessary for ?good health.
What is essential fat?
300
Males, 7-20%; females, 12-15%.
What is a healthy body-fat percentage for teen males? For teen females?
300
A disorder in which blood glucose levels become elevated.
What is Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT)?
300
An eating disorder in which a person abnormally restricts his or her calorie intake.
What is anorexia nervosa?
400
The combined weight of bone, muscle, and connective tissue.
What is lean body weight?
400
Having a percentage of body fat that is below the acceptable range for your age and gender.
What is excessive leanness?
400
Foods that are high in nutrients as compared with their calorie content.
What are nutrient-dense foods?
400
A hormone produced by the pancreas.
What is insulin?
400
An eating disorder in which people overeat and then force themselves to purge the food afterward.
What bulimia nervosa?
500
A way to assess body size in relation to your height and weight.
What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?
500
Carrying too much body fat for your age and gender.
What is overfat?
500
Resistance training will help ?a person gain weight.
What type of physical activity is effective for a person who needs to gain weight?
500
Having a Body Mass Index (BMI) that is below the 5th percentile for one’s age.
What is underweight?
500
An eating disorder in which people purge calories by exercising excessively.
What is exercise bulimia?