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






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






3. A calorie measures for ______________.






4. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






6. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






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






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






12. Most foods are a _____.






13. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






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






16. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






18. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






20. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






22. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






23. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






25. Big Mac






26. Where's the energy in foods?






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






28. Oil = _____






29. What is hunger?






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






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






32. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






33. The greatest energy use is _____.






34. We need energy to maintain _______.






35. Double Stack






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






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






38. Chicken McNuggets






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






40. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






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






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






45. What is a bomb calorimeter?






46. Steak = ______






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






48. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






50. What is appetite?