Chapter 10 is designed to allow you to:
- 1. Describe the uses of energy by the body and what constitutes energy balance.
- 2. Describe various ways to diagnose overweight and obesity.
- 3. Outline the risks to health posed by overweight and obesity.
- 4. List and discuss factors affecting energy balance in overweight and obesity with respect to nature and nurture, and describe the concept of set point with regard to body weight.
- 5. Describe why and how reduced energy intake, behavior modification, and increased physical activity fit into a weight-loss plan.
- 6. Outline the benefits and hazards of various weight-loss methods for severe obesity.
- 7. Describe possible reasons and treatments for underweight status.
- 8. Evaluate fad weight-reduction diets and determine which are unsafe, doomed to fail, or both.