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






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






3. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






5. We need energy to maintain _______.






6. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






7. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






8. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






9. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






10. Large French Fries






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






12. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






13. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






14. Where's the energy in foods?






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






16. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






17. Basal metabolism includes _________.






18. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






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






21. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






22. Triple Whopper






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






24. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






25. What is hunger?






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






27. Where's the energy in foods?






28. The greatest energy use is _____.






29. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






32. What is appetite?






33. We need energy to ______: digest your food






34. What is hunger?






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






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






37. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






39. Big Mac






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






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






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






43. Large Cola






44. Triple Whopper






45. Chicken Caesar Salad






46. Oil = _____






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






48. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






49. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






50. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese