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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. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






3. Oil = _____






4. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






5. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






6. What is dietary thermogenesis?






7. What is appetite?






8. Large French Fries






9. Ketchup Packet






10. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






13. Total caloric need =______________________.






14. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






15. What is hunger?






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






17. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






18. Large French Fries






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






20. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






21. What is appetite?






22. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






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






25. Large Cola






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






27. Chicken Caesar Salad






28. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






30. Chicken Caesar Salad






31. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






41. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






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






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






46. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






48. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






50. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.