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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. Out bodies would find ways of getting calories from stored _____ - followed by fats and body proteins.






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






3. Out bodies would find ways of getting calories from stored _____ - followed by fats and body proteins.






4. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






5. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






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






8. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






9. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






10. What is hunger?






11. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






13. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






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






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






18. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






19. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






20. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






21. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






22. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






24. The greatest energy use is _____.






25. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






26. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






29. Large Cola






30. Large Cola






31. We need energy to maintain _______.






32. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






33. Total caloric need =______________________.






34. What is appetite?






35. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






38. Large French Fries






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






40. Oil = _____






41. Double Stack






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






43. Steak = ______






44. Triple Whopper






45. 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: ______________________






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






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






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






49. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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