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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. The greatest energy use is _____.






2. Oil = _____






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






4. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






6. Basal metabolism includes _________.






7. What is a bomb calorimeter?






8. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






9. The basic caloric need for Men =______






10. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






13. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






14. Most foods are a _____.






15. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






18. We need energy to ______: digest your food






19. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






20. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






21. What is hunger?






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






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






24. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






25. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






27. What is appetite?






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






29. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






30. We need energy to maintain _______.






31. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






34. Triple Whopper






35. 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: ______________________






36. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






37. Total caloric need =______________________.






38. Double Stack






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






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






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






42. Big Mac






43. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






44. A calorie measures for ______________.






45. Triple Whopper






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






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






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






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






50. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.