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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. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






4. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






5. Where's the energy in foods?






6. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






8. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






9. Steak = ______






10. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






12. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






14. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






17. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






18. Chicken McNuggets






19. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






22. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






23. Big Mac






24. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






26. Large Cola






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






28. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






31. Total caloric need =______________________.






32. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






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






36. What is appetite?






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






38. Basal metabolism includes _________.






39. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






40. 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: ______________________






41. Oil = _____






42. Most foods are a _____.






43. What is appetite?






44. Most foods are a _____.






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






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






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






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






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






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