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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. Double Stack






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






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






4. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






6. Total caloric need =______________________.






7. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






9. Where's the energy in foods?






10. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






11. Big Mac






12. Calories are not _____ - they are a measure of energy content.






13. Double Stack






14. Triple Whopper






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






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






17. 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: ______________________






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






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






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






21. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






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






25. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






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






28. Large French Fries






29. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






30. What is dietary thermogenesis?






31. Where's the energy in foods?






32. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






34. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






35. The greatest energy use is _____.






36. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






39. The basic caloric need for Men =______






40. Sugar = _____






41. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






43. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






45. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






46. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






49. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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