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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Steak = ______






2. What is appetite?






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






4. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






5. Sugar = _____






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






7. Most foods are a _____.






8. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






10. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






11. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






12. Oil = _____






13. Ketchup Packet






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






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






16. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






19. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






20. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






22. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






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






26. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






27. Total caloric need =______________________.






28. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






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






32. Most foods are a _____.






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






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






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






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






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






38. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






39. Chicken McNuggets






40. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






41. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






43. Big Mac






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






45. 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: ______________________






46. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






49. A calorie measures for ______________.






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