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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Dietary thermogenesis (____% of basal and physical activity calories)






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






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






4. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






6. Total caloric need =______________________.






7. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






8. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






10. 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: ______________________






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






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






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






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






15. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






16. Large Cola






17. What is hunger?






18. Double Stack






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






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






21. What is hunger?






22. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






23. Ketchup Packet






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






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






26. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






27. Sugar = _____






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






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






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






31. Large French Fries






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






33. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






34. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






36. What is a bomb calorimeter?






37. 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: ______________________






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






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






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






41. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






44. Big Mac






45. What is appetite?






46. Chicken McNuggets






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






48. Triple Whopper






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






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