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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. Sugar = _____






2. What is appetite?






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






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






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






6. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






8. What is hunger?






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






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






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






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






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






14. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






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






18. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






20. Oil = _____






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






22. What is a bomb calorimeter?






23. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






24. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






25. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






27. Steak = ______






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






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






30. A calorie measures for ______________.






31. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






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






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






36. Most foods are a _____.






37. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






38. 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: ______________________






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






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






41. Ketchup Packet






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






43. Large French Fries






44. The basic caloric need for Men =______






45. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






47. Sugar = _____






48. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






50. Chicken Caesar Salad