Lab 7

Question 1

What does the Metropolitan Life Table Account for?

Answer 1

Sex and body frame when identifying ideal weight

Question 2

How do race/ethnicity influence BMI

Answer 2

Changes the BMI required for certain races

Question 3

Underweight for Asian

Answer 3

<18

Question 4

Overweight for Asian?

Answer 4

≥27

Question 5

What does body circumference assess?

Answer 5

obesity, bone size or muscle mass

Question 6

What is waist circumference commonly used for?

Answer 6

Abdominal obesity measurement

Question 7

What standard waist cutoff is high health risk for men

Answer 7

> 102

Question 8

Standard waist cutoff; increased risk for men

Answer 8

> 94

Question 9

Standard waist cutoff; increased and high health risk for women?

Answer 9

> 80 and >88 respectively

Question 10

Common measurement site for hip circumference?

Answer 10

iliac crest to greatest protrusion of buttocks