Number your paper from 1 to 6. Next to each number, write the word or words that correctly complete the sentence.
- A ________ exercise uses machines or outside forces to move your muscles.
- Your body breaks down proteins into simpler substances called ________.
- The minimum amount of body fat needed for good health is ________.
- A ________ diet often promises quick results but is usually nutritionally unbalanced.
- You need to limit your intake of ________, a fatlike substance found in animal cells.
- Your ________ is the amount of energy your body uses at complete rest.
Number your paper from 7 to 12. Next to each number, choose the letter of the best answer.
| 7. medical doctor |
a. building blocks of your body |
| 8. fiber |
b. provides medical advice |
| 9. proteins |
c. cannot be digested by the body |
| 10. body composition |
d. offers advice about diet and nutrition |
| 11. dietitian |
e. used for skinfold measurements |
12. caliper
|
f. all the tissues that make up your body
|
Number your paper from 13 to 18. On your paper, write a short answer for each statement or question.
13. Describe and refute a myth some athletes have about eating before physical activity.
14. Explain how calcium is important for your health, and describe what you can do to help keep your bones strong.
15. Describe three ways you can recognize quackery.
16. Explain why maintaining essential body fat levels is important for good health.
17. Why is a combination of diet and physical activity best for maintaining ideal levels of body fat?
18. Why is water considered an important nutrient, and why might a person who is exercising need extra water?
Thinking Critically. Write a paragraph to answer the following question.
19. Your friend asks your advice about her diet. She wonders whether the food choices she makes are important or whether she only needs to count calories. She has started to increase her physical activity and wonders how that will affect her caloric and nutritional needs. What advice would you give your friend?
20. Each year people spend billions of dollars on weight-loss or muscle-building products that do not work. Look in the newspaper or a popular magazine. Find an advertisement for a weight-loss product. Read the ad and make a list of its claims. Place a check mark by those that are consistent with the information in this chapter. Place an X by those that appear to be false. Write a paragraph evaluating the advertisement.
Project. Because many people eat out often, it is important for them to make good food choices when they do. Make the assumption that you are going on a one-day trip. Your only food choices are fast foods. List what you would typically order for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the day of your trip. Write down the name and amount of each food on your list. Use the following Web sites to look up the calories in each food on your list. On a separate sheet of paper, list more healthy choices you could have made from the fast-food menu. Calculate the calories in your healthy choice list. Make a comparison of the calories in each diet (McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, KFC).
