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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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






2. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






5. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






8. Large French Fries






9. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






11. Steak = ______






12. Sugar = _____






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






14. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






15. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






16. Triple Whopper






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






18. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






19. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






20. Chicken Caesar Salad






21. What is a bomb calorimeter?






22. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






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






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






27. Physical Activity ( ____- ____% of that needed for basal metabolism from sedentary (light) to heavy; average activity requires 50% x 'basal' calories)






28. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






30. Oil = _____






31. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






33. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






34. Big Mac






35. Large French Fries






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






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






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






39. Oil = _____






40. The basic caloric need for Men =______






41. Chicken Caesar Salad






42. Total caloric need =______________________.






43. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






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






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






48. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






49. Large Cola






50. We need energy to maintain _______.






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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