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






2. Large Cola






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






4. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






6. Big Mac






7. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






9. Triple Whopper






10. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






11. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






12. Most foods are a _____.






13. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






14. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






15. We need energy to maintain _______.






16. Most foods are a _____.






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






18. What is hunger?






19. Double Stack






20. Oil = _____






21. What is a bomb calorimeter?






22. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






24. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






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






27. The basic caloric need for Men =______






28. Large Cola






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






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






31. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






33. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






34. Total caloric need =______________________.






35. 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: ______________________






36. Steak = ______






37. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






38. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






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






42. Chicken Caesar Salad






43. Basal metabolsim: some tissue is more _______ active than others (fat versus muscle.)






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






45. We need energy to ______: digest your food






46. Triple Whopper






47. Ketchup Packet






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






49. Large French Fries






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