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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. The greatest energy use is _____.






2. The basic caloric need for Men =______






3. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






4. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






6. Large Cola






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






8. Large French Fries






9. 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: ______________________






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






11. Sugar = _____






12. Double Stack






13. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






15. Large Cola






16. Total caloric need =______________________.






17. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






19. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






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






23. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






24. Chicken McNuggets






25. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






28. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






29. Chicken McNuggets






30. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






38. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






39. What is hunger?






40. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






42. A calorie measures for ______________.






43. What is hunger?






44. Big Mac






45. Most foods are a _____.






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






47. Sugar = _____






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






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






50. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g