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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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






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






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






4. Most foods are a _____.






5. Chicken McNuggets






6. Ketchup Packet






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






8. Oil = _____






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






10. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






11. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






14. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






15. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






17. Triple Whopper






18. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






21. We need energy to maintain _______.






22. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






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






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






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






28. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






29. The greatest energy use is _____.






30. Big Mac






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






32. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






34. What is hunger?






35. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






37. What is appetite?






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






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






40. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






41. Chicken McNuggets






42. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






43. Basal metabolism includes _________.






44. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






46. Total caloric need =______________________.






47. Double Stack






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






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






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







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