You are planning a diet for a hospitalized patient who cannot participate in physical activity because both of his legs are broken and he will be bedridden for 6 weeks. Which of the following would best assess the patient's energy expenditure?
a. Body composition b. Basal metabolic rate
c. Physical activity level d. Adaptive thermogenesis
b
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A. listening to both sides of a discussion B. admitting limitations C. asking for help when needed D. not settling for quick solutions E. basing decisions on your own conclusions
5-methyl THF requires the action of which vitamin in order to form THF??
A) ?B12 B) ?B2 C) ?niacin D) ?C
Lily is a 5?4??, 40-year-old woman who weighs almost 200 pounds. To lose weight, she's tried calorie-restricted diets, fad diets, exercise programs, and appetite-suppressing pills without success. She would like a surgical weight loss method that can be easily reversed and does not involve stapling her stomach or cutting her small intestine. Based on this information, her physician is likely to recommend ________ as the best way to help her lose some of her excess weight.
A. gastric banding B. hypothalamectomy C. sleeve gastrectomy D. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Osteoblasts are bone cells that:
A) promote the breakdown of older bone. B) release calcium from bone into the blood. C) help maintain stable bone mass. D) facilitate bone resorption.