Match the correct answer with the appropriate term.

Question

_______ 1. Percentage of overweight or obese adults in the United States
_______ 2. An enzyme that participates in the development of obesity
_______ 3. Daily circumstances that push people toward fatness
_______ 4. A theory that the body tends to maintain a certain weight by internal controls
_______ 5. Weight cycling resulting from sporadic restrictive dieting
_______ 6. Nicknamed the satiety hormone
_______ 7. Nicknamed the hunger hormone
_______ 8. Cells that secret ghrelin
_______ 9. Adipose tissue that primarily stores fat for other cells to use as energy
_______ 10. Adipose tissue that primarily releases stored energy as heat
_______ 11. White fat cells with brown fat cell characteristics
_______ 12. Attempt to lose weight in “problem areas” of the body
_______ 13. Classification for body weight below what is considered healthy
_______ 14. FDA-approved drug that inhibits pancreatic lipase
_______ 15. FDA-approved drug with no known GI side effects
_______ 16. Minimum BMI of a person classified as clinically severe obese
_______ 17. A cosmetic weight-loss procedure
_______ 18. A saline-filled silicone device in the stomach to limit food intake
_______ 19. Minimum number of minutes per week of moderately intense physical activity to prevent weight gain
_______ 20. Percentage of underweight U.S. adults


a. 2
b. 40
c. 70
d. 200–300
e. Intragastric balloon
f. Yo-yo dieting
g. Leptin
h. Phentermine
i. Ghrelin
j. Orlistat
k. Set point
l. White fat
m. Stomach
n. Brown fat
o. Brite adipocytes
p. Liposuction
q. Underweight
r. Lipoprotein lipase
s. Spot reducing
t. Obesogenic environment

Answer 1

1. Percentage of overweight or obese adults in the United States
ANSWER: c
2. An enzyme that participates in the development of obesity
ANSWER: r
3. Daily circumstances that push people toward fatness
ANSWER: t
4. A theory that the body tends to maintain a certain weight by internal controls
ANSWER: k
5. Weight cycling resulting from sporadic restrictive dieting
ANSWER: f
6. Nicknamed the satiety hormone
ANSWER: g
7. Nicknamed the hunger hormone
ANSWER: i
8. Cells that secret ghrelin
ANSWER: m
9. Adipose tissue that primarily stores fat for other cells to use as energy
ANSWER: l
10. Adipose tissue that primarily releases stored energy as heat
ANSWER: n
11. White fat cells with brown fat cell characteristics
ANSWER: o
12. Attempt to lose weight in “problem areas” of the body
ANSWER: s
13. Classification for body weight below what is considered healthy
ANSWER: q
14. FDA-approved drug that inhibits pancreatic lipase
ANSWER: j
15. FDA-approved drug with no known GI side effects
ANSWER: h
16. Minimum BMI of a person classified as clinically severe obese
ANSWER: b
17. A cosmetic weight-loss procedure
ANSWER: p
18. A saline-filled silicone device in the stomach to limit food intake
ANSWER: e
19. Minimum number of minutes per week of moderately intense physical activity to prevent weight gain
ANSWER: d
20. Percentage of underweight U.S. adults
ANSWER: a