Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ______ report (2007) referred to a ‘complex web of societal and biological factors that have, in recent decades, exposed our inherent human vulnerability to weight gain’.

  1. Hindsight
  2. Plainsight
  3. Blindsight
  4. Foresight

Answer: D

2. Which of the following processes are important in explaining obesity?

  1. food environment
  2. physical activity
  3. individual psychology
  4. all of these

Answer: D

3. Obesity is caused by an increase in ______.

  1. adiposity
  2. epidosity
  3. ediposity
  4. apidosity

Answer: A

4. The formula for the body mass index is ______.

  1. a person’s weight in kilograms squared divided by the square of his/her height in meters (kg2/m2)
  2. a person’s weight in kilograms squared divided by his/her height in meters (kg2/m)
  3. a person’s weight in kilograms divided by his/her height in meters (kg/m)
  4. a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of his/her height in meters (kg/m2)

Answer: D

5. The Prospective Studies Collaboration (2009) analysed data from almost one million people who were followed from middle age in 57 prospective studies. In plotting mortality against BMI, a ______ curve was observed.

  1. U-shaped
  2. J-shaped
  3. inverted U-shaped
  4. inverted J-shaped

Answer: B

6. The body consists of ______ compartments.

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5

Answer: C

7. Medical diagnosis of obesity is based on a BMI cut-off point of ______.

  1. 25.0
  2. 30.0
  3. 35.0
  4. 40.0

Answer: B

8. Most (73%) hunter-gatherer societies worldwide derived ______ of their subsistence from animal foods.

  1. 28–35%
  2. 45–52%
  3. 56–65%
  4. 68–72%

Answer: C

9. Early humans have been traced to sites in Africa dating approximately ______ million years ago.

  1. 1.0
  2. 1.5
  3. 2.0
  4. 2.5

Answer: D

10. The equation ‘energy intake = internal heat produced + external work + energy stored’ is known as ______.

  1. energy equation
  2. balance equation
  3. energy balance equation
  4. balance energy equation

Answer: C

11. Alcohol contributes ______ per gram.

  1. 3 calories
  2. 5 calories
  3. 7 calories
  4. 9 calories

Answer: C

12. The ‘thermic effect’ of fat consumes ______ of energy.

  1. 2–3%
  2. 5–15%
  3. 15–25%
  4. 20–35%

Answer: A

13. One joule represents approximately the energy required to lift a ______ vertically through one meter.

  1. small apple
  2. large apple
  3. pineapple
  4. sack of potatoes

Answer: A