Adam is a 22-year-old male. He weighs about 180 lb (81.6 kg) and is 71 in (1.80 m) tall. Adam's body mass index (BMI) is _____

A) 21 kg/m2
B) 25 kg/m2
C) 28 kg/m2
D) 30 kg/m2


B

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Jillian drinks a couple of beers and smokes over a pack of cigarettes daily. Even though she's about 40 pounds overweight, she likes to wear tight-fitting clothes. Based on this information, Jillian has a high risk of developing ________.

A. irritable bowel syndrome B. cystic fibrosis C. gastroesophageal reflux disease D. rheumatoid arthritis

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Approximately how many kcalories more per day are needed by an average college-age student who is active compared with her inactive counterpart?

a. 400-500 b. 600-800 c. 1000-1200 d. 1500-2000

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People who store most of their excess fat around the abdomen are at a greater risk for developing all of the following except:

a. hypertension. b. decreased levels of blood cholesterol. c. heart disease. d. diabetes.

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Newborn infants receive a single injection of vitamin K at birth due to the fact that:

A) newborns do not have enough bacteria in their small intestine to make vitamin K. B) breast milk is a poor source of vitamin K. C) the trauma of labor and delivery depletes the newborn's vitamin K stores. D) newborns cannot absorb any of the vitamin K from breast milk or formula.

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