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NUTR 3360 Quiz 1 | Questions and Answers Obesity a global epidemic: Are more people worldwide overweight or obese? overweight A perfect storm: which statement is true? a) blood pressure, diabetes and obesity are skyrocketing only in adults? b)only obesity is increasing? c) obesity rate are stayin...

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Obesity a global epidemic:
Are more people worldwide overweight or obese?
overweight

A perfect storm: which statement is true?

a) blood pressure, diabetes and obesity are skyrocketing only in adults?
b)only obesity is increasing?
c) obesity rate are staying constant?
d) blood pressure, diabetes and obesity are skyrocketing especially in younger age
groups?

Why study obesity?

a) it is a modern problem
b) it is major burden on social and medical programs
c) prevalence continues to rise
d) obesity related health complications are rising as obesity rises
e) all of the above

The economics of obesity: name two ways that obesity affects the economy?
Loss of productivity and medical cost

Obesity as a risk factor: T/F; There is a direct relationship between increase BMI and
increase health related problems
True

Does obesity alter life expectancy?
yes, the younger you are when you develop obesity the more it effects quality and life
expectancy. (the more obese you are the more years of life lost.)

Name three ways to manage obesity?
1. Lifestyle
2. Medical
3. Surgery

Studying obesity is complex because it has a;

a) systems complexity
b) developmental complexity
c) genetic complexity

, d) environmental complexity
e) 2 of the above
f) 3 of the above
g) all of the above

What era are we in?
post genomic era (started in 2003 after mapping genome race of public vs private)

What is the genome of an organism?
1. the genetic material of the organism
2. contains the hereditary information of the organism
3. consists of both coding and non coding regions

The C-value paradox states that:

a) there is a direct relation ship between organismal complexity and genome size
b) there is no relationship between organismal complexity and genome size
c) organismal complexity is dependent on environmental factors that alter the genome

Genomics to health examples are:

a) personalized medicine
b) to determine how genes contribute to health and disease
c) to advance technology and accelerate research
d) motivate behavioural chages
e) all of the above

The early days of studying genetics; which method was used?
Sanger or dideoxycytidine method

What are the 4 Ps of personalized medicine?
1. Prediction
2. prevention
3. personalization
4. participation

Sequencing the human genome:
Why were there two different approaches to sequence the genome?
different goals (Public wanted to sequence the entire genome, Private wanted to
sequence the protein coding regions)

Name the two methods used to sequence the human genome and which consortium
used them?
Bacterial artificial clones (BAC), Public and shotgun sequencing, Private

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