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Which of the following is NOT true about how medical problems affect body composition?

a. Medical problems can improve one's body composition.
b. Medical problems can influence a person's diet and exercise habits.
c. Medical problems can cause people to have unhealthy body compositions.
d. Medical problems can influence how one's metabolism works.

User Mahboob
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The option (a) medical problems can improve one’s body composition is false.

Explanation:

Body composition refers to the method which illustrates the elements from which the body is formed. These elements involve protein, fat, water, and minerals. The composition of body aids in analyzing the alterations which takes place in muscle mass, fat mass, and body fat percentage. The fat mass permits the body to store the energy, works as an insulator, and protects the interior organs while all the body fluids like muscle, fat, and blood which consist of body water.

Body composition as well as growth is known to be the key element of the health in population as well as individual and also finishes body assessment which supplies the blueprint to improvise the health of the person. There are many medical problems which affect the body composition by making the imbalance in elements include:

1. Obesity: the individual having obesity have more fat mass and are often at high risk for many dangerous diseases like diabetes and hypertension.

2. Diabetes: this disease elevates the blood sugar levels and also leads to bladder infections. Diabetes can be of 2 kinds, namely type 1 and type 2. In this, the blood sugar levels shoot up and have adverse effects on the body.

3. Heart disease: is caused by the accumulation of fat within the blood vessels leading to the condition called atherosclerosis. Heart arrhythmia is one condition which may occur and in this, there is irregularity in the heart beats.

Answer Details:

Grade: High school

Subject: Biology

Chapter: Metabolic diseases and body composition.

Keywords:

Body composition, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, fat mass, body mass percentage, type 1 diabetes, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, blood sugar, bladder infections.

User Jeroen Jacobs
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A is the correct answer. Body composition is the percentage of fat compared to the percentage of bone, muscle and water in a person's body. Medical problems can influence a person's diet and exercise habits and their metabolism, and they can cause unhealthy body compositions, for example, thyroid problems. However, medical problems rarely improve one's body composition.
User Matheus Moreira
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