Test Bank For Nutritional Sciences From Fundamentals to Food 3rd Edition By Michelle ‘Shelley

Test Bank For Nutritional Sciences From Fundamentals to Food 3rd Edition By Michelle ‘Shelley

Chapter 8 – Energy Balance and Body Weight Regulation

Multiple Choice

Answer, level, page Level: K = knowledge, A = application/critical thinking

What Is Energy Balance? (pp. 323-324)

c A 323 1. Sara requires 2100 kcalories each day. Currently, she is consuming between 2200 and 2300. What is her state of energy balance?

a. Neutral

b. Negative

c. Positive

d. Balanced

b K 323 2. When someone is in severe negative energy balance, what serves as the body’s primary energy source?

a. Food being consumed

b. Adipose tissue

c. Muscle tissue

d. Chylomicrons

d A 323 3. If John wants to lose one pound of body fat, how many kcalories will he have to expend in activity and/or omit from his usual intake?

a. 1,500 kcalories

b. 2,000 kcalories

c. 2,500 kcalories

d. 3,500 kcalories

b K 323 4. What happens when a person increases his or her energy intake?

a. There is always a corresponding increase in body weight.

b. There is usually a corresponding increase in body weight.

c. There is always a corresponding increase in blood glucagon.

d. There is usually a corresponding increase in neuropeptide production.

b K 323 5. Negative energy balance is when:

a. energy intake = energy consumption.

b. energy intake < energy consumption.

c. energy intake > energy consumption.

b K 323 6. One pound of stored body fat is equivalent to about _____ kcal.

a. 3000

b. 3500

c. 4000

d. 4500

a K 324 7. You have gained weight, and your adipocytes are filling with triglycerides. This is called:

a. hypertrophic growth.

b. hyperplastic growth.

c. hypermetabolism.

d. hyperlipidemia.

b K 324 8. What is the process called when adipocytes grow in number?

a. Hypertrophic growth

b. Hyperplastic growth

c. Expansive growth

d. Unreserved growth

d K 324 9. What happens when a person loses body fat?

a. The triglycerides in adipocytes are replaced with water.

b. The number of adipocytes decreases.

c. The number of adipocytes increases.

d. Adipocytes shrink in size.

a K 324 10. Which type of fat found deposited between internal organs and the torso is otherwise known as intra-abdominal fat?

a. VAT

b. SCAT

c. ABAT

d. TAT