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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. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






3. Triple Whopper






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






5. What is hunger?






6. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






8. Large Cola






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






10. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






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






14. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






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






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






19. Steak = ______






20. 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: ______________________






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






22. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






23. Most foods are a _____.






24. Sugar = _____






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






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






27. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






28. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






29. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






31. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






33. Ketchup Packet






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






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






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






37. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






38. Large French Fries






39. Basal metabolism includes _________.






40. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






42. Large French Fries






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






44. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






46. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






49. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






50. Chicken Caesar Salad