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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. Sugar = _____






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






3. Most foods are a mixture and we call it a ______ food.






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






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






6. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






7. Steak = ______






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






9. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






12. What is dietary thermogenesis?






13. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






15. 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: ______________________






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






17. Triple Whopper






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






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






20. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






21. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






22. What is appetite?






23. Ketchup Packet






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






25. We need energy to ______: digest your food






26. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






27. Large French Fries






28. Steak = ______






29. Large Cola






30. The basic caloric need for Men =______






31. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






32. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






34. Where's the energy in foods?






35. What is hunger?






36. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






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






40. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






43. Chicken McNuggets






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






45. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






48. Where's the energy in foods?






49. Oil = _____






50. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.