Nutrition For Health, Fitness And Sport 11th Edition By Melvin Williams – Test Bank

62. A Body Mass Index above 20 is considered obese.
FALSE

Bloom’s Level: 1. Remember Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-05
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control
63. Setting short-term goals that may be attained in a reasonable length of time is a very important step in your
weight control program.
TRUE

Bloom’s Level: 1. Remember Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-03
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control
64. During the first few days of your diet, about 70 percent of the weight loss is due to body-water changes.
TRUE

Bloom’s Level: 1. Remember Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-02
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control
65. At the end of three weeks of dieting, weight loss will slow as a natural consequence of the diet, but the weight
being lost at this point will be primarily body protein.
FALSE

Bloom’s Level: 1. Remember Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-05
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control
66. Much information is available concerning the Food Exchange System. However, knowledge is not the total
answer; one’s behavior must reflect the knowledge for the system to be successful.
TRUE

Bloom’s Level: 1. Remember Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-06
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control
67. One key principle in selecting foods for weight control is to choose quality Calories and include more natural,
unrefined products in one’s diet.
TRUE

Bloom’s Level: 1. Remember Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-04
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control
68. One characteristic of dieters who have lost weight and managed to keep it off is that they weigh themselves on
a regular basis, often daily.
TRUE

Bloom’s Level: 1. Remember Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-05
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control
69. Fat and sugar together account for nearly 50 percent of the Calories in the average American’s diet.
TRUE

Bloom’s Level: 1. Remember Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-05
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control

70. It is always necessary to take a daily vitamin/mineral supplement when one is dieting.
FALSE

Bloom’s Level: 2. Understand Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-05
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control
71. Although the Food Exchange System is not a rigid diet plan, it has the following minimum requirements: 2
starch/bread exchanges, 5 skim milk exchanges, 4 lean meat exchanges, 2 vegetable exchanges, and 2 fruit exchanges.
FALSE

72. No single factor is more frequently responsible for obesity than overeating.
FALSE

Bloom’s Level: 1. Remember Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-06
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control

Bloom’s Level: 1. Remember Gradable: automatic Learning Objective: 11-05
Question Type: True/False
Topic: Energy Balance and Weight Control
73. For those who like to eat, yet do not want to gain weight, exercise is the intelligent alternative.
TRUE