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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. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






3. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






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






7. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






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






11. Chicken McNuggets






12. Most foods are a _____.






13. Triple Whopper






14. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






15. Big Mac






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






17. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






20. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






21. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






23. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






32. What is hunger?






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






34. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






35. 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: ______________________






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






37. We need energy to ______: digest your food






38. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






39. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






40. Large French Fries






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






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






43. What is hunger?






44. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






46. Oil = _____






47. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






48. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






49. Sugar = _____






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