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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. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






3. Sugar = _____






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






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






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






7. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






8. Oil = _____






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






10. What is hunger?






11. What is hunger?






12. Triple Whopper






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






14. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






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






18. 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: ______________________






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






20. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






21. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






24. We need energy to ______: digest your food






25. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






28. What is dietary thermogenesis?






29. The greatest energy use is _____.






30. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






31. Steak = ______






32. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






33. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






34. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






35. Big Mac






36. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






38. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






39. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






41. Big Mac






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






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






44. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






45. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






48. We need energy to maintain _______.






49. Oil = _____






50. Where's the energy in foods?