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






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






3. What is appetite?






4. Double Stack






5. Oil = _____






6. Steak = ______






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






8. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






11. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






12. Sugar = _____






13. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






14. Chicken Caesar Salad






15. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






16. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






18. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






19. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






20. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






22. Ketchup Packet






23. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






25. Basal metabolism includes _________.






26. Triple Whopper






27. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






30. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Sugar = _____






37. Large Cola






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






39. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






41. Steak = ______






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






43. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






45. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






47. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






48. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






49. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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