1. Chapter 9 - Managing Your Weight
Vocabulary Flashcards
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2. Overfat
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3. Overfat…
Having more fat than you should as determined by skinfold measurements.
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4. Spot reducing
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5. Spot reducing…
Attempting to lose fat in only one area of the body. This is not effective.
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6. Fad Diet
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7. Fad Diet…
A diet that depends on one food, a special combination of foods or eliminating a major food group.
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8. Ectomorph
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9. Thin, slender body build with lack of muscle contour.
Ectomorph…
Thin, slender body build with lack of muscle contour.
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10. Obese
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11. A person has an excess amount of body fat.
Obese…
A person has an excess amount of body fat.
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12. Mesomorph
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13. Mesomorph…
Athletic, muscular body build with prominent bone and muscle development.
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14. Anorexia Nervosa
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15. Anorexia nervosa…
An eating disorder in which there is an extreme and irrational fear of gaining weight that can lead to starvation dieting.
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16. Somatotype
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17. Somatotype…
Body type related to your frame size and distribution of fat and muscle tissue.
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18. Body fat percentage
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19. Body fat percentage…
Your fat weight as opposed to lean body mass (muscle, bone, tendons, and ligaments).
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20. Cellulite
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21. Cellulite…
A term used to describe lumpy fat deposits which cause ripples and bumps on the thighs and buttocks. Fat is fat - cellulite is just fat.
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