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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. Oil = _____






2. We need energy to ______: digest your food






3. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






6. Where's the energy in foods?






7. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






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






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






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






12. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






14. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






16. Most foods are a _____.






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






18. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






20. Total caloric need =______________________.






21. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






24. Where's the energy in foods?






25. Ketchup Packet






26. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






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






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






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






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






32. What is a bomb calorimeter?






33. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






34. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






35. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






36. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






38. Basal metabolism includes _________.






39. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






41. 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: ______________________






42. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






44. Sugar = _____






45. Large Cola






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






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






48. Most foods are a _____.






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






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