What fuel(s)—besides glucose—can provide the brain with a significant amount of its total energy needs?
a. amino acids
b. fatty acids
c. amino acids and ketone bodies
d. ketone bodies
Ans: d. ketone bodies
You might also like to view...
Carbohydrates include all of the following except:
1.simple sugars. 2.starches. 3.fiber. 4.fat.
Your diet has been evaluated and you are consuming an average of 2800 calories, 62 grams of saturated fat, and 5 grams of trans fat daily. Are these values within recommendations for heart health? a. Yes, because the energy from saturated fat is within the recommended percentage range. b. No, because the energy from saturated fat is higher than the recommended percentage
c. Yes, because trans fat intake is within the recommended range. d. No, because the energy from trans fat is lower than the recommended percentage. e. Yes, because the percentage of energy from total fat is within the recommended range.
Gastric bypass surgery results in a stomach pouch that holds approximately:
a. 3/4 cup of food. b. 2 tablespoons of food. c. 1 cup of food. d. 2 cups of food.
Match the correct answer with the appropriate term.
_______ 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