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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






2. The basic caloric need for Men =______






3. Large French Fries






4. Big Mac






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






6. Physical Activity ( ____- ____% of that needed for basal metabolism from sedentary (light) to heavy; average activity requires 50% x 'basal' calories)






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The reason why we need energy fits into three categories: _______________.






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






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






16. Triple Whopper






17. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






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






21. Double Stack






22. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






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






26. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






27. What is dietary thermogenesis?






28. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






29. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






30. Chicken McNuggets






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






32. Large French Fries






33. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






34. One dietary '____' = one kilocalorie (kcal)






35. The basic caloric need for Men =______






36. Triple Whopper






37. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






39. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






41. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






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






45. Sugar = _____






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






47. We need energy for ______: throughout the life cycle.






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






49. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






50. The basic caloric need for Women = ______