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What is the measure of energy in nutrition?
What is the measure of energy in nutrition?
- Watts
- Calories
- Joules
- Kilocalories (kcal) (correct)
What is the term used for the amount of food listed on a product's Nutrition Facts?
What is the term used for the amount of food listed on a product's Nutrition Facts?
- Food quantity
- Portion size
- Meal size
- Serving size (correct)
What hormone is secreted by the stomach and stimulates food intake?
What hormone is secreted by the stomach and stimulates food intake?
- Insulin
- Leptin
- Cortisol
- Ghrelin (correct)
What does the term 'energy balance equation' refer to?
What does the term 'energy balance equation' refer to?
What is the main reason for excess leptin not suppressing food intake in people with increased fat mass?
What is the main reason for excess leptin not suppressing food intake in people with increased fat mass?
What is the term for defects in genes that lead to human monogenic obesity with hyperphagia as a common feature?
What is the term for defects in genes that lead to human monogenic obesity with hyperphagia as a common feature?
What is the term for the human genome containing hundreds of regions whose pattern of genetic diversity indicate recent positive natural selection?
What is the term for the human genome containing hundreds of regions whose pattern of genetic diversity indicate recent positive natural selection?
What is the term for the selective advantage of metabolically thrifty peoples to store a high proportion of energy as fat when food was plentiful?
What is the term for the selective advantage of metabolically thrifty peoples to store a high proportion of energy as fat when food was plentiful?
What is the term for the regulation of food intake from meal to meal, with a hormone secreted by adipocytes?
What is the term for the regulation of food intake from meal to meal, with a hormone secreted by adipocytes?
What is the term for the regulation of the amount of body fat, with a hormone secreted by adipocytes?
What is the term for the regulation of the amount of body fat, with a hormone secreted by adipocytes?
What is the obesity prevalence in the world?
What is the obesity prevalence in the world?
Which group has the highest obesity rates in the US?
Which group has the highest obesity rates in the US?
What term is used to describe areas with an abundance of fast foods and convenience markets, but little access to supermarkets with healthy foods?
What term is used to describe areas with an abundance of fast foods and convenience markets, but little access to supermarkets with healthy foods?
What term is used to describe the inequitable food environment resulting from systematic oppression, such as zoning codes and lending practices?
What term is used to describe the inequitable food environment resulting from systematic oppression, such as zoning codes and lending practices?
What is one of the reasons for disparities in obesity rates mentioned in the text?
What is one of the reasons for disparities in obesity rates mentioned in the text?
What is the obesity rate of children in the US?
What is the obesity rate of children in the US?
What do zoning codes allow for in lower income areas, according to the text?
What do zoning codes allow for in lower income areas, according to the text?
What is the more accurate term for areas with an abundance of fast foods and convenience markets, but little access to supermarkets with healthy foods?
What is the more accurate term for areas with an abundance of fast foods and convenience markets, but little access to supermarkets with healthy foods?
What prevented Black families from pursuing the pathway to wealth through home ownership, according to the text?
What prevented Black families from pursuing the pathway to wealth through home ownership, according to the text?
What is the term used to describe the inequitable food environment as a result of systematic oppression, for example in the form of zoning codes and lending practices?
What is the term used to describe the inequitable food environment as a result of systematic oppression, for example in the form of zoning codes and lending practices?
What is the percentage of European or African descent individuals carrying some version of the FTO gene?
What is the percentage of European or African descent individuals carrying some version of the FTO gene?
What is the risk of carriers of the FTO gene to be overweight or obese?
What is the risk of carriers of the FTO gene to be overweight or obese?
What did the immigrants do that disrupted the traditional way of life of Pima Indians in the 19th century?
What did the immigrants do that disrupted the traditional way of life of Pima Indians in the 19th century?
What is the prevalence rate of obesity and type 2 diabetes among adult Pima Indians?
What is the prevalence rate of obesity and type 2 diabetes among adult Pima Indians?
What is the impact of physical activity on the FTO gene?
What is the impact of physical activity on the FTO gene?
How does dietary habits interact with genes to modulate predisposition to obesity?
How does dietary habits interact with genes to modulate predisposition to obesity?
Where do Pima Indians with a traditional diet and higher physical activity have a lower incidence of obesity and diabetes?
Where do Pima Indians with a traditional diet and higher physical activity have a lower incidence of obesity and diabetes?
What is the proposed impact of body fatness during famines?
What is the proposed impact of body fatness during famines?
What is the role of physical activity in blunting genetic susceptibility to obesity?
What is the role of physical activity in blunting genetic susceptibility to obesity?
What do people with the FTO gene tend to do when they are told they have the gene?
What do people with the FTO gene tend to do when they are told they have the gene?
What term is used to describe the inequitable food environment resulting from systematic oppression, such as zoning codes and lending practices?
What term is used to describe the inequitable food environment resulting from systematic oppression, such as zoning codes and lending practices?
What is the obesity rate of children in the US?
What is the obesity rate of children in the US?
What group has the highest obesity rates in the US?
What group has the highest obesity rates in the US?
What is the term for the measure of energy in nutrition?
What is the term for the measure of energy in nutrition?
What is the term for the hormone secreted by adipocytes that regulates the amount of body fat?
What is the term for the hormone secreted by adipocytes that regulates the amount of body fat?
What is the term for the genetic condition that leads to human monogenic obesity with hyperphagia as a common feature?
What is the term for the genetic condition that leads to human monogenic obesity with hyperphagia as a common feature?
What is the impact of physical activity on the FTO gene?
What is the impact of physical activity on the FTO gene?
What is the risk percentage of carriers of the FTO gene to be overweight or obese?
What is the risk percentage of carriers of the FTO gene to be overweight or obese?
What is the role of dietary habits in modulating predisposition to obesity?
What is the role of dietary habits in modulating predisposition to obesity?
What is the impact of high-saturated fat interaction with the APOA2 gene?
What is the impact of high-saturated fat interaction with the APOA2 gene?
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