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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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1. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






2. A diet with no _____ would waste out body away.






3. The basic caloric need for Men =______






4. We ___ weight when caloric intake is less than the body's need for energy.






5. We need energy to ______: digest your food






6. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






7. A (metric) calorie is the amount of energy (heat) required to raise 1 kilogram of ____ 1 degree centigrade.






8. ______ provide over twice the calories per unit weiht than carbohydrates and protein do.






9. Body fats for individual energy around ____% of BMR.






10. We need energy for _____: pregnancy - lactation - infancy - childhood - to some extent adolescence






11. Sugar = _____






12. Out bodies would find ways of getting calories from stored _____ - followed by fats and body proteins.






13. Basal metabolism includes _________.






14. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






15. We need energy to ______: digest your food






16. Oil = _____






17. The greatest energy use is _____.






18. In the old days in times of a feast we ________.






19. Double Stack






20. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






21. Most foods are a _____.






22. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






23. Total caloric need =______________________.






24. Triple Whopper






25. The body is generally _____% efficient - so the numbers are very close to dietary calories.






26. Dietary thermogenesis (____% of basal and physical activity calories)






27. Basal metabolism is especially ___ during the growing years.






28. We need energy for ____: exercise - activity of daily living.






29. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






30. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






31. Large Cola






32. What is dietary thermogenesis?






33. Sugar = _____






34. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






35. Body has several mechanisms designed to ____ caloric value and has fewer ways available to discourage caloric intake






36. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






37. We need energy for _____: pregnancy - lactation - infancy - childhood - to some extent adolescence






38. Calories are measured by buring food in a sealed container called a ______.






39. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






40. We need energy for ____: exercise - activity of daily living.






41. Most foods are a _____.






42. Large French Fries






43. We ____ weight when caloric intake exceeds the body's need for energy.






44. The body's energy nutrients sources are _______.






45. Thermogenesis is about ____% of the sum BMR plus physical activity calories






46. What is a bomb calorimeter?






47. What is appetite?






48. A (metric) calorie is the amount of energy (heat) required to raise 1 kilogram of ____ 1 degree centigrade.






49. We need energy to maintain _______.






50. Dietary thermogenesis (____% of basal and physical activity calories)