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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. What is hunger?






2. Sugar = _____






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






4. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






7. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






8. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






10. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






12. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






14. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






15. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






17. Total caloric need =______________________.






18. Most foods are a _____.






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






20. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






22. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






23. Large Cola






24. Basal metabolism includes _________.






25. Basal metabolism includes _________.






26. Steak = ______






27. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






28. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






29. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






31. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






34. The greatest energy use is _____.






35. What is appetite?






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






37. Chicken Caesar Salad






38. Big Mac






39. Where's the energy in foods?






40. A calorie measures for ______________.






41. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






42. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






43. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






46. Oil = _____






47. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






50. We need energy to maintain _______.