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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Big Mac






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






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






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






5. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






6. Oil = _____






7. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






8. Oil = _____






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






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






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






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






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






14. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






16. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






18. Most foods are a _____.






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






20. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






21. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






22. Triple Whopper






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






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






25. Big Mac






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






27. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






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






31. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






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






35. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






37. Large French Fries






38. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






39. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






42. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






43. We need energy to ______: digest your food






44. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






46. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






49. Steak = ______






50. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese