Deck 9: Weight

Question 1

Summarize the conceptualizations of weight, overweight, and obese.

Answer 1

Answer will vary.

Question 2

Describe the way in which weight influences sport and physical activity participation.

Answer 2

Answer will vary.

Question 3

Researchers suggest waist circumferences of ______ inches or greater in men and _______ inches or greater in women are unhealthy.

A) 36; 30
B) 40; 35
C) 44; 23
D) 38; 36

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to the World Health Organization, _____ people worldwide are overweight and _____ considered clinically obese.

A) 1 billion; 2 million
B) 4 billion; 1.3 billion
C) 2 billion; 200 million
D) None of the above

Question 5

According to the World Health Organization, which of the following is NOT a factor contributing to obesity?

A) Increased manual work in rural areas.
B) The move away from consuming fresh fruits and vegetables.
C) Technological changes at work.
D) Urbanization and reduced energy expenditure.

Question 6

The chapter author calculated the overall effect of treatment discrimination based on weight, determining that, in the sport environment:

A) People have a strong preference for thinner people.
B) There is no preference based on weight.
C) People have a weak preference for thinner people.
D) People have a weak preference for fatter people.

Question 7

Social media, books, songs, and film all regularly cast people who are overweight in a negative light. This an example of:

A) Felt stigma
B) Enacted stigma
C) Structural stigma
D) Internalized stigma

Question 8

In Japan, expectations are for exercisers and leaders to be ________, with an emphasis on ________.

A) Muscular; strength.
B) Lean; flexibility.
C) Lean; thinness.
D) Muscular; flexibility.

Question 9

Researchers have shown that prejudice against people considered overweight:

A) Is socially acceptable.
B) Is expressed among people working in exercise and health professions.
C) Is present in both explicit and implicit forms.
D) All of the above.
E) A and C only.

Question 10

Which of the following is not a dimension of inclusive physical activity spaces?

A) Culture that celebrates body diversity.
B) Authentic leadership.
C) Focus on weight loss.
D) Encouraging a sense of community.
E) Activism for inclusion.

Question 11

People who are overweight are likely to be hired:

A) For jobs that require little face-to-face interaction.
B) For positions with regular customer interactions.
C) As offensive coordinators for football teams.
D) B and C only.
E) None of the above.

Question 12

Researchers have shown that people are most attracted to fitness clubs:

A) That emphasize muscularity among the members.
B) That emphasize weight loss.
C) That emphasize wellness.
D) All of the above.
E) A and B only.

Question 13

Body Mass Index is an accurate measure of fatness for all populations.

Question 14

Many standards of weight are based on data obtained from insurance companies, whose measurements came from middle-class Whites.

Question 15

The wage penalty for being overweight is the same for women as it is for men.

Question 16

Most weight-based lawsuits brought under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are not successful.

Question 17

From a stereotype content model perspective, people who are overweight are considered high in warmth and low in competence.

Question 18

Researchers have shown that Whites are penalized more for being overweight than are members of other racial groups.

Question 19

Researchers have shown that Asians who are overweight are considered as prototypically American.

Question 20

People who experience social physique anxiety are likely to exercise in private.