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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. Ketchup Packet






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






3. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






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






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






8. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






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






12. Oil = _____






13. 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: ______________________






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






15. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






16. Steak = ______






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






18. Sugar = _____






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






20. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






22. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






23. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






25. Sugar = _____






26. Large Cola






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






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






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






30. The greatest energy use is _____.






31. A calorie measures for ______________.






32. Basal metabolism includes _________.






33. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






34. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






36. Big Mac






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






38. Oil = _____






39. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






40. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






41. What is appetite?






42. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






44. What is dietary thermogenesis?






45. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






48. Big Mac






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






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