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






2. A calorie measures for ______________.






3. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






5. Basal metabolism includes _________.






6. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






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






10. Chicken McNuggets






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






12. What is dietary thermogenesis?






13. Triple Whopper






14. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






15. Most foods are a _____.






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






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






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






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






20. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






21. What is hunger?






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






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






24. Large Cola






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






26. Oil = _____






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






28. What is a bomb calorimeter?






29. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






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






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






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






35. Chicken McNuggets






36. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






37. Double Stack






38. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






39. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






40. We need energy to maintain _______.






41. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






43. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






44. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






47. Big Mac






48. The greatest energy use is _____.






49. We need energy to ______: digest your food






50. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.