31.Which of the following measures are all used to compute a woman’s BMR?

a.Body fat, height, and age

b.Body weight, height, and age

c.Physical activity level, body weight, and height

d.Energy intake, physical activity level, and body weight

32.Which of the following would best assess the energy expenditure of a bedridden patient?

a.body composition

b.basal metabolic rate

c.physical activity level

d.adaptive thermogenesis

33.Thyroid hormone activity can speed up or slow down the rate of metabolism by which of the following percentages?

a.10 percent

b.15 percent

c.20 percent

d.25 percent

34.Which of the following is an example of a moderate equivalent task (MET) activity?

a.stretching

b.sleeping

c.golfing

d.weight lifting

35.Which of the following diets promotes the greatest loss of body heat?

a.high fat, low protein

b.high protein, low fat

c.high carbohydrate, low fat

d.balanced protein, fat, and carbohydrate

36.Which of these terms describes the increase in energy expenditure that occurs in a person who fractures a leg?

a.febrile hyperthermia

b.physical hyperthermia

c.specific thermogenesis

d.adaptive thermogenesis

37.What is the approximate value for the thermic effect of a 2500-kcalorie diet?

a.25 kcal

b.250 kcal

c.400 kcal

d.500 kcal

38.What is the primary reason for avoiding the value for adaptive thermogenesis when calculating energy requirements?

a.It is too costly to measure.

b.It is too variable to measure.

c.The value is too low to be meaningful.

d.The value is highly influenced by the dietary ratio of protein, fat, and carbohydrate.

39.Among the following groups, which has the highest metabolic rate?

a.females

b.older individuals

c.younger individuals

d.people with smaller surface areas

40.If a dancer and a typist are the same height and have the exact same body build, the dancer will be heavier because she has which of the following?

a.more body fat

b.stronger bones

c.stronger muscles

d.more muscle mass