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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Calories are measured by buring food in a sealed container called a ______.






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






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






4. A calorie measures for ______________.






5. Chicken Caesar Salad






6. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






7. Steak = ______






8. The greatest energy use is _____.






9. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






11. 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: ______________________






12. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






13. The basic caloric need for Men =______






14. Ketchup Packet






15. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






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






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






20. What is hunger?






21. In the old days in times of famine we_______.






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






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






24. Large French Fries






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






26. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






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






30. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






32. Ketchup Packet






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






34. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






35. Double Stack






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






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






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






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






40. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






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






44. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






46. Triple Whopper






47. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






48. A calorie measures for ______________.






49. Large French Fries






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