Body Composition

1. _____ need the body’s requirement for something; necessary
3. the beliefs, values, customs, and arts of a group of people
7. a hormone that increases appetite and leads to hunger
8. a condition characterized by having excess bodyweight for a particular height; can be due to fat, bone, muscle, or water
9. _____ diet a diet that is extremely popular for a certain time period; often unhealthy
11. ____ is the ratio of fat , bone , and muscle that naturally make up a person’s body
14. a number calculated from a person’s height and weight; an indicator of excess body fat
15. a condition characterized by having too little bodyweight for a particular height

1. _____ desire the body’s yearning for something; something wanted but not needed
2. _____ mindset a way of thinking in which a person has to do it “all” right or he or she has done “nothing” right
4. the practice of not eating or drinking anything except water for a set period of time
5. _____ test is a method of measuring body composition in which a person uses a skinfold caliper to measure the thickness of a fold of fat
6. a hormone that suppresses appetite and leads to feeling full
9. _____ diary a record of what a person eats in each day
10. size the amount of food served for a single person
12. a condition characterized by having excess body fat; for adults, a BMI of 30 or higher
13. a supplement that causes a person to lose fluids