Question

1. Calculate the daily BMR of a man who weighs 160 lb using the average BMR rate of 1 kcal/kg/hr.

2. What does it mean when a body is in positive energy balance?

3. State the different classifications of BMI and the range associated with each.

4. What is body mass index? How do you calculate it?

5. What are the three characteristics important for sustainable weight loss?

Answer 1

2. Positive Energy Balance :-

Occurs when energy intake is greater than energy expenditure. Body weigh tends to increase during positive energy balance.

3. BMI is body mass index and it's classification :-

- Underweight

BMI of <18.5

- Acceptable

BMI of 18.6 - 24.99

- Overweight

BMI of 25.0 - 29.99

- Obese

BMI of 30+

4. Body mass index is Weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in meters) squared; a value of 25 and above indicates overweight and a value of 30 and above indicates obesity. We calculate it by :

weight in kg / height in meters square

5. Three characteristics important for sustainable weight loss are :-

- A high internal locus of control (that is, they were motivated by internal, not external, factors)

- High self-efficacy (that is, they believed they could do it)

- Better coping strategies for dealing with stress