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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The greatest energy use is _____.






2. Calories are not _____ - they are a measure of energy content.






3. Ketchup Packet






4. Activity level affects the total ______ and accounts for second highest number of calories expended.






5. Basal metabolsim: some tissue is more _______ active than others (fat versus muscle.)






6. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






7. The basic caloric need for Men =______






8. Chicken McNuggets






9. Eating leads to ____ (feeling of enough food has been eaten - but not stuffed)






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






11. In the old days in times of famine we_______.






12. Sugar = _____






13. Big Mac






14. Most foods are a mixture and we call it a carb - protein - or fat food but really it is a mixture of thre almost all cases: ______________________






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






16. What is a bomb calorimeter?






17. Basal metabolsim: some tissue is more _______ active than others (fat versus muscle.)






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






19. Sugar = _____






20. In old days there was not need to regulate ______ because there was no overabundance of food.






21. What is appetite?






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






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






24. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






26. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






27. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






28. Steak = ______






29. Large French Fries






30. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






31. Where's the energy in foods?






32. The brain - liver - kidneys - and muscle account for ____% of BMR






33. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






34. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






35. Basal metabolism includes _________.






36. We need energy to maintain _______.






37. Double Stack






38. Triple Whopper






39. Eating leads to ____ (feeling of enough food has been eaten - but not stuffed)






40. What is dietary thermogenesis?






41. The basic caloric need for Men =______






42. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






43. In the old days in times of famine we_______.






44. Most foods are a mixture and we call it a ______ food.






45. Steak = ______






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






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






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






49. People tend to ______ their activity level: only include the time you actually spend working out. (not talking to your friends between sets)






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