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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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






2. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






3. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






5. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






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






8. Large French Fries






9. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






12. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






14. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






16. Large French Fries






17. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






19. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






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






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






24. Basal metabolism includes _________.






25. 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: ______________________






26. Most foods are a _____.






27. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






29. Steak = ______






30. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






32. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






33. Oil = _____






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






35. Chicken McNuggets






36. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






38. Where's the energy in foods?






39. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






41. Where's the energy in foods?






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






43. Sugar = _____






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






45. Ketchup Packet






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






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






48. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






49. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






50. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.