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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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  • 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. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






4. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






5. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






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






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






10. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






11. Where's the energy in foods?






12. Large French Fries






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






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






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






16. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






17. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






19. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






21. Most foods are a _____.






22. 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: ______________________






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






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






25. Sugar = _____






26. Double Stack






27. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






30. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






33. We need energy to ______: digest your food






34. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






35. Triple Whopper






36. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






38. Big Mac






39. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






40. A calorie measures for ______________.






41. Large French Fries






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






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






44. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






45. Steak = ______






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






47. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






49. What is a bomb calorimeter?






50. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.