Discuss how exercise can lower your risk for coronary heart disease. What will be an ideal ...

Discuss how exercise can lower your risk for coronary heart disease.
 
  What will be an ideal response

Q. 2

List two of the three contributory risk factors to heart disease.
 
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Q. 3

Events, such as holidays and parties, and people, such as family and friends, encourage you to eat when you are not hungry. This is called
 
  A. binge eating.
  B. environmental stimuli.
  C. genetic predisposition.
  D all of the above.

Q. 4

How can you outsmart a genetic predisposition to become overweight?
 
  A. Engage in regular physical activity.
  B. Make healthy dietary choices.
  C. Watch out for portion distortion.
  D Do all of the above.

Q. 5

The energy you expend fidgeting, standing, getting up to turn off the TV, and other nonexercise movements is called
 
  A. EER.
  B. NEAT.
  C. BMR.
  D. thermogenesis.

Q. 6

List five things you can do to increase your physical activity on any given day to contribute to better
  cardiovascular health. An example might be walking up the stairs rather than taking an elevator.
 
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Q. 7

Discuss the use of the total cholesterol CONCENTRATION as a risk indicator for heart disease.
 
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Q. 8

One of the main reasons for the current obesity epidemic is
 
  A. endless amounts of easily and cheaply obtained energy-dense foods.
  B. the abundance of fad diets.
  C. peer pressure.
  D. stress.

Q. 9

Your risk for severe obesity is five times greater if
 
  A. you do not exercise.
  B. you consume soft drinks.
  C. your parents are severely obese.
  D. you do not get enough sleep.