6 Energy Balance Online Quiz Questions

True or false: Eating more than usual on one day necessarily causes a lasting increase in body weight.

Which component of daily energy expenditure supports essential functions such as breathing and circulation, and is generally the largest component?

A person’s body uses energy to digest, absorb, and process a meal. Which expenditure component does this describe?

Select all factors the material identifies as influencing energy needs or contributing to differences in body weight regulation.

What acronym names energy expenditure from everyday movement outside planned exercise, such as walking around the home, standing, and doing chores?

True or false: The same calorie intake should maintain every person’s body weight, even when their body weight or activity changes.

Using $\text{change in body energy stores} = \text{energy intake} - \text{energy expenditure}$, calculate the change when intake is $2{,}400$ kcal and expenditure is $2{,}650$ kcal. Enter the result in kcal.

Select all responses that may occur as weight is lost, according to the material.

After a person loses weight, which signal commonly falls and is associated with stored energy, potentially accompanying increased appetite and lower energy expenditure?

Someone sees a short-term change on the scale, but the change does not necessarily represent a change in body fat. Which group of factors could help explain the scale change?

Explain why continued weight loss and maintaining a lower weight can become more difficult after a person has lost weight. Describe at least two linked changes in energy needs, hunger, or energy use.

A person’s intake previously matched their expenditure and their weight was relatively stable. After they lose weight, they keep the same intake and activity. Which explanation best describes why their energy balance might shift?

A person does not do planned exercise but spends the day standing, walking around the home, and doing chores. Which component of energy expenditure best describes this everyday movement?

Which description best characterizes resting energy expenditure (REE)?

What component of daily energy expenditure is the energy used to digest, absorb, and process food?

What term describes changes in energy use in response to conditions such as altered food intake, body weight, or temperature?

When a person loses weight, leptin levels commonly fall, and appetite may increase while energy expenditure may decline.

Which situation is specifically identified as increasing energy needs because of life stage?