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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. Sugar = _____






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






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






4. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






5. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






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






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






10. What is dietary thermogenesis?






11. The basic caloric need for Men =______






12. Steak = ______






13. Where's the energy in foods?






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






15. Chicken Caesar Salad






16. Large French Fries






17. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






19. Big Mac






20. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






21. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






22. Double Stack






23. Large Cola






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






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






26. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






28. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






29. We need energy to ______: digest your food






30. Big Mac






31. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






32. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






34. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






36. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






38. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






40. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






41. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






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






45. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






47. The basic caloric need for Men =______






48. Ketchup Packet






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






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