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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Steak = ______






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






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






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 basic caloric need for Women = ______






6. Basal metabolism includes _________.






7. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






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






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






12. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






13. Large Cola






14. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






15. Chicken McNuggets






16. Triple Whopper






17. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






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






21. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






23. Oil = _____






24. Large Cola






25. Oil = _____






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






27. Big Mac






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






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






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






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






32. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






33. Large French Fries






34. Ketchup Packet






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






36. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






38. Basal metabolism includes _________.






39. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






41. Double Stack






42. Total caloric need =______________________.






43. Most foods are a _____.






44. What is appetite?






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






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






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






48. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






50. What is dietary thermogenesis?