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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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1. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






3. Large French Fries






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






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






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






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






8. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






10. Ketchup Packet






11. Basal metabolism includes _________.






12. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






13. What is appetite?






14. 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: ______________________






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






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






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






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






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






20. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






22. 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: ______________________






23. Big Mac






24. What is hunger?






25. A calorie measures for ______________.






26. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






29. What is appetite?






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






31. Ketchup Packet






32. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






33. Where's the energy in foods?






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






35. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






38. We need energy to ______: digest your food






39. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






40. We need energy to ______: digest your food






41. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






43. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






45. Oil = _____






46. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






49. Large Cola






50. Double Stack