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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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  • 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 energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






3. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






6. Big Mac






7. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






9. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






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






12. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






13. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






14. We call mixture by a ____ or handle in order to make teaching about nutrition easier.






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






16. Total caloric need =______________________.






17. Triple Whopper






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






19. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






20. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






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






23. Sugar = _____






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






25. What is hunger?






26. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






28. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






30. Steak = ______






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






32. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






33. The greatest energy use is _____.






34. 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: ______________________






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






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






37. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






40. Large Cola






41. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






44. Double Stack






45. A calorie measures for ______________.






46. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






47. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






50. Triple Whopper