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






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






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






4. What is appetite?






5. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






6. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






8. The basic caloric need for Men =______






9. Steak = ______






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






11. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






12. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






13. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






14. Chicken McNuggets






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






16. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






18. Large French Fries






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






20. Ketchup Packet






21. Large Cola






22. What is a bomb calorimeter?






23. Double Stack






24. What is a bomb calorimeter?






25. We need energy to maintain _______.






26. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






29. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






31. Large Cola






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






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






34. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






35. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






38. Total caloric need =______________________.






39. 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: ______________________






40. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






42. What is dietary thermogenesis?






43. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






46. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






48. Chicken McNuggets






49. What is hunger?






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