The fad diets discussed in class all result in significant weight loss and don’t pose any health concerns.

What is the term that describes the process by which the foods we eat are broken down into smaller components by either mechanical or chemical means?

Disordered eating behaviors are common and normalized in American society.

Everyone should be on a 2000 calorie diet.

The digestive process is not a priority when the sympathetic nervous system is activated.

Pica is an eating disorder that involves eating items that are not typically thought of as food and that do not contain significant nutritional value, such as hair, dirt, and paint chips.

Registered dietitians recommend a slow and steady rate of weight loss of approximately 1 – 2 pounds per week.

According to lecture and textbook, the healthy range of body composition for females is ________%.

Gluten is a protein.

Identify the portion of the diagram indicated by the letter “A.”