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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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






2. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






5. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






8. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






10. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






13. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






15. Basal metabolism includes _________.






16. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






18. A (metric) calorie is the amount of energy (heat) required to raise 1 kilogram of ____ 1 degree centigrade.






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






20. Where's the energy in foods?






21. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






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






25. Where's the energy in foods?






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






27. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






29. 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: ______________________






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






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






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






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






34. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






35. Large French Fries






36. Sugar = _____






37. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






38. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






39. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






40. Ketchup Packet






41. Large Cola






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






43. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






45. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






46. What is appetite?






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






48. Large French Fries






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






50. What is hunger?