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






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






3. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






4. Body has several mechanisms designed to ____ caloric value and has fewer ways available to discourage caloric intake






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






6. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






7. A calorie measures for ______________.






8. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






11. Oil = _____






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






13. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






16. Big Mac






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






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






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






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






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






22. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






25. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






27. Oil = _____






28. Triple Whopper






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






30. Basal metabolism includes _________.






31. The basic caloric need for Men =______






32. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






33. Basal metabolism includes _________.






34. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






36. Steak = ______






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






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






39. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






40. Where's the energy in foods?






41. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






42. Large French Fries






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






44. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






45. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






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






49. What is hunger?






50. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese