A) Glucagon
B) Lipoprotein lipase
C) Cellulite synthetase
D) Lipoprotein synthetase
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A) Its activity decreases after weight loss but then rebounds quickly after resuming normal food intake
B) Its activity can always increase but cannot decrease and is,in part,controlled by the ratchet effect of metabolism
C) Its activities in men and women are sex-related and explain the differences in major fat storage regions of the body
D) Its low activity in obese people explains,in part,the inability to mobilize storage fat for energy when following an energy-restricted diet
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A) Most obese people maintain their weight losses
B) Obese people often have feelings of rejection
C) In many cultures,obesity is viewed as a sign of robust health
D) Most weight-loss programs emphasize willpower and hard work to achieve long-term weight loss
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A) Minimum weight of a person
B) Maximum weight of a person
C) Point at which a person's weight plateaus before dropping again quickly
D) Point above which the body tends to lose weight and below which it tends to gain weight
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A) 0.5-2 lbs/week
B) 3-4 lbs/week
C) 5% body weight/month
D) 10% body weight/month
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A) decrease water intake.
B) increase physical activity.
C) speed up thyroid activity with metabolic enhancers.
D) develop ketosis by keeping carbohydrate intake as low as possible.
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A) assist bile in the digestion of dietary lipids.
B) remove triglycerides from blood for storage.
C) trigger adipokine release from adipose tissue.
D) release triglycerides from storage within adipocytes.
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A) It is a metabolic antagonist of leptin
B) It stimulates appetite and energy storage
C) The blood level in the fasting state correlates directly with body weight
D) It is released in high amounts from adipocytes during periods of excess energy intake
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A) 5-10
B) 20-25
C) 35-40
D) 55-60
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A) 10
B) 20
C) 40
D) 60
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A) basal metabolic rate.
B) thermic effect of food.
C) physical activity level.
D) metabolic response to exercise.
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A) Obese people can change their genome but not their epigenome
B) Exercise has little,if any,effect on the genetic influence on weight gain
C) Identical twins are half as likely to weigh the same compared with fraternal twins
D) Adopted children tend to have body weights more like their biological parents than their adoptive parents
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A) increase in fat absorption.
B) decrease in ketone formation.
C) increase in the size of fat cells.
D) increase in the number of fat cells.
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A) Very little brown fat is found in adults,whereas more is seen in infants
B) White adipose is especially important in infants as a moderator of temperature extremes
C) The uncoupled reactions in brown and white adipose are the result of LPL-induced hydrolysis of ATP
D) Among the three types of adipose,namely,white,yellow,and brown,the white adipocytes account for the greatest amount of heat expenditure
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A) Nowadays,obesity is not seen in developing countries
B) Prevalence of obesity has leveled out in the last few years in the U.S.
C) The cut-off figure of the BMI for obesity varies from country to country
D) The obesity in other countries does not seem to increase risks for chronic diseases
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A) The rate of fat breakdown is higher in women than in men
B) The release of lower-body fat is more active in men than in women
C) Lipoprotein lipase enzyme activity is regulated by a gene that responds to weight loss
D) Fat storage in men develops primarily across the abdomen whereas in women it is found chiefly around the hips and thighs
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A) They are both high in fat and large in size at restaurants
B) They have increased in general and this change parallels the increasing prevalence of obesity
C) Reducing portion size has a bigger impact than reducing energy density as a means of lowering total energy intake
D) They have increased most notably at fast-food restaurants compared with conventional eating establishments
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A) Increased loss of energy as heat
B) Reduction of fat cell number
C) Lowering of basal metabolism
D) Proliferation of fat cell number
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A) They correlate strongly with current and past energy intakes
B) Their accuracy correlates strongly with an obesogenic environment
C) Only overweight and obese people report inaccurate energy intakes
D) Both normal and obese people commonly misreport actual energy intakes
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A) Cost is lower
B) Boredom is reduced
C) Compliance is better
D) Monitoring time is diminished
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