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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. Chicken Caesar Salad






2. Large French Fries






3. Most foods are a _____.






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






5. Double Stack






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






7. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






8. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






10. Where's the energy in foods?






11. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






13. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






14. What is a bomb calorimeter?






15. Chicken Caesar Salad






16. Oil = _____






17. Ketchup Packet






18. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






19. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






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






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






25. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






27. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






28. Steak = ______






29. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






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






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






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






35. The basic caloric need for Men =______






36. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






37. We need energy to ______: digest your food






38. Sugar = _____






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






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






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






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






43. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






46. Large French Fries






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






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






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






50. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese