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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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






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






3. We need energy to maintain _______.






4. 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: ______________________






5. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






6. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






7. Large French Fries






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






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






10. Ketchup Packet






11. Total caloric need =______________________.






12. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






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






16. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






17. Oil = _____






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






19. Steak = ______






20. What is appetite?






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






22. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






24. Most foods are a _____.






25. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






26. The greatest energy use is _____.






27. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






28. The basic caloric need for Men =______






29. Triple Whopper






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






31. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






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






34. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






36. Big Mac






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






38. What is a bomb calorimeter?






39. Double Stack






40. Large French Fries






41. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






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






45. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






47. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






50. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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