Nutrition terms

2. a lifestyle with a lot of sitting and lying down, with very little to no exercise
7. measures oxygen consumption under basal conditions of overnight fast and rest from mental and physical exertion.
9. Obesity is a disorder that involves having too much body fat, usually a body mass index
10. the amount of energy it takes for your body to digest, absorb, and metabolise the food you eat.
12. produced by the liver and used peripherally as an energy source when glucose is not readily available
13. If your BMI is 18.5 to 24.9, it falls within the Healthy Weight range.
14. Body mass index is a value derived from the mass and height of a person. The
16. a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or higher.
17. the amount of energy that your body needs to function while at rest.
18. a metabolic state that occurs when your body burns fat for energy instead of glucose.

1. a method used to estimate body compartments through a mechanism of resistance and reactance
3. the fat just under your skin.
4. low weight for a person's height, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of less than 18.5
5. the number of calories you burn as your body performs basic (basal) life-sustaining function
6. used to describe the percentages of fat, bone and muscle in human bodies.
8. measuring the skinfold (subcutaneous fat) thickness at specific sites of the body using a skinfold caliper and a non-stretchable measuring tape to correctly locate the measurement area.
11. Most dietary energy comes from dietary fat, protein, and carbohydrate.
15. a measure of the calorie content of food relative to its weight or volume