Laura is a 42 years old who is 5 feet and 2 inches tall an d weighs 175 pounds and most of her weight is in her middle section.  On her recent check up her blood test indicates she has high cholesterol and her blood sugars are borderline high, although she is not diabetic yet, however, she has strong diabetic genes as both her maternal grand parents have diabetes.  Based on the above information answer the following questions: Give a sample meal plan to help achieve weight loss.

What is a safe rate of weight loss on a long-term basis for most overweight people?

In a paragraph explain what you have learned in this class, and how you will be applying the information to your every day life.

Which of the following is a feature of the basal metabolic rate (BMR)?

Which of the following molecules is a protein synthesized at specific times during the cell cycle that associates with a kinase to form a catalytically active complex?

Tom’s brother suffers from phenylketonuria (PKU), a recessive disorder. Tom and the brothers’ parents do not have PKU. What are the chances that Tom is a carrier of the recessive PKU allele?

Which of the following characteristics made the pea plant Pisum sativum an ideal organism for Mendel’s studies?

Question 53-62 are bonus questions and are worth 1 point each

Which of the following molecules is a protein synthesized at specific times during the cell cycle that associates with a kinase to form a catalytically active complex?

The presence of a group of antigens that determine blood type is an example of a(n) ________.