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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. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






2. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






3. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Oil = _____






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






13. Big Mac






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






15. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






16. Where's the energy in foods?






17. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






19. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






20. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






22. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






23. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






24. Double Stack






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






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






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






28. Large French Fries






29. The basic caloric need for Men =______






30. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






32. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






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






36. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






38. Most foods are a _____.






39. Double Stack






40. Basal metabolsim: some tissue is more _______ active than others (fat versus muscle.)






41. Large French Fries






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






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






44. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






46. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






47. What is dietary thermogenesis?






48. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






49. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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