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Lifetime Wellness
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Undergraduate 2
10/05/2013

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What is stress?
Definition
The mental, emotional, and physiological response of the body to any situation that is new, threatening, frightening, or exciting.
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Body composition is defined as what?
Definition
The fat and nonfat components of the human body?
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What is fat mass or percent body fat?
Definition
The fat component.
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What is lean body mass?
Definition
The nonfat component.
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What is essential fat?
Definition
Minimal amount of body fat needed for normal physiological functions.
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What is the essential fat in women?
Definition
3%
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What is the essential fat in men?
Definition
12%
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What does BMI stand for?
Definition
Body mass Index
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What is the BMI?
Definition
Estimate critical fat values at which the risk of disease increases.
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What is an acceptable BMI?
Definition
18.6-24.99
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When attempting to lose weight, breakfast, lunch, and dinner should consist of a minimum of what percentage of your daily calories?
Definition
25%,50%,and 25%
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What is the key to weight management?
Definition
Diet
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What percent of the population is overweight or obese?
Definition
68%
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Individuals who are 30 or more pounds overweight lose about how many years off of their life?
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7 years
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Is it true or false when people go on a near-fasting diet, up to half of the weight loss is lean body mass and the other half is actual fat loss?
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True
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What is the energy-balancing equation?
Definition
A principle holding that as long as caloric input equals caloric output, the person will not gain or lose weight.
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To lose weight one should exercise how many minutes per day?
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30-60 minutes of exercise daily?
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What is a stressor?
Definition
A stress-causing event.
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Is all stress bad?
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No
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What is eustress vs. distress?
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Positive stress is eustress and distress is negative stress.
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What disorders does chronic stress raise the risk for?
Definition
Hypertension, eating disorders, and chronic fatigue.
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