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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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1. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






4. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






6. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






9. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






11. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






14. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






16. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






18. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






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






21. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






23. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






26. What is hunger?






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






28. Ketchup Packet






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






30. Big Mac






31. 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: ______________________






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






33. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






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






36. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






38. Most foods are a _____.






39. Chicken McNuggets






40. Triple Whopper






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






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






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






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






45. Double Stack






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






47. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






48. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






49. What is a bomb calorimeter?






50. We need energy to maintain _______.