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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. Basal metabolism includes _________.






2. Double Stack






3. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






4. Large French Fries






5. Where's the energy in foods?






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






7. Ketchup Packet






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






9. Basal metabolism includes _________.






10. The greatest energy use is _____.






11. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






13. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






16. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






17. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






18. Total caloric need =______________________.






19. What is a bomb calorimeter?






20. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






21. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






23. What is appetite?






24. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






26. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






34. A calorie measures for ______________.






35. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






37. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






38. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Chicken Caesar Salad






46. Steak = ______






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






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






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






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