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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. 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: ______________________






2. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






3. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






6. Large Cola






7. What is hunger?






8. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






11. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






13. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






14. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






16. A calorie measures for ______________.






17. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






18. We need energy to ______: digest your food






19. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






20. Basal metabolism includes _________.






21. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






24. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






25. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






28. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






29. Large French Fries






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






31. The greatest energy use is _____.






32. What is appetite?






33. Total caloric need =______________________.






34. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






36. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






37. Ketchup Packet






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






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






40. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






41. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






42. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






43. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






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






47. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






49. Large French Fries






50. A calorie measures for ______________.