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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Activity level affects the total ______ and accounts for second highest number of calories expended.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. We need energy to ______: digest your food






10. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






12. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






13. Where's the energy in foods?






14. Double Stack






15. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






17. Large Cola






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






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






20. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






22. What is appetite?






23. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






26. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






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






30. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






32. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






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






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






37. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






39. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






40. ______ provide over twice the calories per unit weiht than carbohydrates and protein do.






41. Ketchup Packet






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






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






44. Chicken Caesar Salad






45. Large Cola






46. Basal metabolism includes _________.






47. Chicken Caesar Salad






48. Oil = _____






49. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






50. The greatest energy use is _____.