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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In old days there was not need to regulate ______ because there was no overabundance of food.






2. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






4. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






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






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






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






10. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






11. Most foods are a _____.






12. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






14. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






16. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






17. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






20. The greatest energy use is _____.






21. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






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






24. Oil = _____






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






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






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






28. Sugar = _____






29. We need energy to ______: digest your food






30. 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: ______________________






31. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






32. Total caloric need =______________________.






33. People tend to ______ their activity level: only include the time you actually spend working out. (not talking to your friends between sets)






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






35. Steak = ______






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






37. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






39. Big Mac






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






41. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






43. Basal metabolism includes _________.






44. What is hunger?






45. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






46. Double Stack






47. What is appetite?






48. What is dietary thermogenesis?






49. Large French Fries






50. What is hunger?