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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. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






2. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






3. Steak = ______






4. A calorie measures for ______________.






5. Steak = ______






6. Large Cola






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






8. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






9. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






12. Large French Fries






13. The greatest energy use is _____.






14. We need energy to ______: digest your food






15. What is dietary thermogenesis?






16. The basic caloric need for Men =______






17. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






18. Ketchup Packet






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






20. Big Mac






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






22. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






23. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






25. Chicken McNuggets






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






27. Basal metabolism includes _________.






28. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






30. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






32. 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: ______________________






33. Total caloric need =______________________.






34. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






35. Oil = _____






36. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






38. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






39. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






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






42. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






44. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






47. Chicken McNuggets






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






49. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






50. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips