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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. 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: ______________________






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






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






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






5. Oil = _____






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






7. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






8. Oil = _____






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






10. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






12. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






13. What is dietary thermogenesis?






14. Large French Fries






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






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






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






18. Double Stack






19. Big Mac






20. Sugar = _____






21. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






22. What is hunger?






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






24. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






26. Chicken Caesar Salad






27. What is appetite?






28. A calorie measures for ______________.






29. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






30. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






33. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






35. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






38. The body's energy nutrients sources are _______.






39. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






40. Ketchup Packet






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






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






43. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






46. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






47. The body's energy nutrients sources are _______.






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






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






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