1. What percent of the population is considered overweight? Obese?
2. What does the book say is the way to maintain or lose weight?
3. Explain positive and negative energy balance.
4. How do we get energy each day?
5. What three purposes does the body use Energy for?
6. What is resting metabolic rate? What processes are maintained by the calories burned during basal metabolism?
7. Calculate an estimate of your basal metabolic rate. Now, do you think you actually burn more or less than your estimate based on the bulleted factors in your text?
8. How much can physical activity increase your basal metabolism?
9. Explain what the thermal effect of food is.
10. Using the equation in the text, calculate the energy needs of your body.
11. Compare that estimate to the number of calories you have recorded previously in the class when you kept your food journal. Do you have positive energy balance or negative energy balance?
12. What factors should you consider when deciding on a healthy weight for yourself?
13. Using the table on page 253 determine what your BMI is. Is it in a healthy range?
14. Who might have a high BMI, but not be overweight? Explain.
15. Using BMI, how is obesity defined?
16. What diseases are men with a body fat % over 25 and women with a body fat percent over 35 at risk for?
17. Why is a ‘fad' diet probably not going to work as a long term weight loss solution?
18. What are the three components of a sound weight loss program?
19. If you are trying to lose weight what kinds of liquids should you be drinking?
20. Name a few ways to begin limiting your caloric intake if you were on a sustainable weight loss program.
21. Discuss your level of physical activity. Then, using the table on page 266 evaluate how many calories you burn each day in physical activity. If you do not participate, discuss a way to get started.
22. After reading about ‘Chain Breaking', ‘Stimulus control', and ‘Cognitive restructuring' discuss which of these might help you with your daily diet.
23. Read through the table on page 268. Which of the principles listed there may help you? Explain.
24. How would you recognize a diet that may not work and may not provide the nutrition that you need?