Chapter 9 Multiple Choice Questions

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. Which of the following statements about the Body Mass Index (BMI) is false?

Anyone with a BMI over 25 or 26 is unhealthy correct incorrect

There are slight differences is what is considered the healthy range for men and women correct incorrect

It is the most commonly used measure of weight in public health correct incorrect

BMI is more useful in considering the health of a group than of an individual correct incorrect

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. Overweight and obesity have not been linked to:

lung cancer correct incorrect

type 2 diabetes correct incorrect

risk of heart disease correct incorrect

quality of life in adolescents correct incorrect

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. According to the ecological model of obesity, the major influences do not include:

environment correct incorrect

behaviour correct incorrect

biology correct incorrect

finances correct incorrect

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. Portion control intervention is most likely to affect:

how much we eat correct incorrect

when we eat correct incorrect

why we eat correct incorrect

what we eat correct incorrect

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. Interventions to deal with obesity over the long term:

always need to include bariatric surgery correct incorrect

should be directed at outcomes such as becoming thin correct incorrect

work best if they include crash diets correct incorrect

always need to include behavioural aspects correct incorrect