Explain why it is important to assess body composition regularly.
What will be an ideal response?
Responses will vary; trends indicate that, starting at age 25, the average person in the US gains 1 to 2 pounds of weight per year. This could lead to the average American gaining between 40 and 60 pounds by the age of 65 if we include the half pound of lean tissue lost each year due to reduced physical activity. These changes cannot be detected unless body composition is assessed regularly. The person may weigh the same as they did 20 years earlier, but their body composition is dramatically different. If you are on a diet/exercise program, you should repeat your body fat assessments and recommended weight calculations about once a month because muscle is denser than fat and you might not see the change on the scale. Additionally, when dieting, you need to have your body composition reassessed periodically because the effects of negative caloric balance may result in a decrease in lean body mass rather than fat mass.
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a. is not necessary because immunosuppression can take care of this b. is performed using a luminex multiplex procedure c. is performed using a mixed lymphocyte reaction d. is performed using antibodies from women who have been pregnant multiple times
What are three examples of lifestyle preferences?
What will be an ideal response?
Tapping over the lung area is ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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a. activated by ATP c. involved with protein degradation during exercise b. associated with increase in glucose transport in muscle d. activated by increase in calcium levels