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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. Oil = _____






2. Basal metabolism includes _________.






3. 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: ______________________






4. Double Stack






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






6. What is appetite?






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






8. Triple Whopper






9. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






21. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






22. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






24. Most foods are a _____.






25. Sugar = _____






26. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






27. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






30. The basic caloric need for Men =______






31. 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: ______________________






32. Steak = ______






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






34. Basal metabolism includes _________.






35. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






36. What is dietary thermogenesis?






37. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






38. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






40. Big Mac






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






42. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






44. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






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






48. Ketchup Packet






49. Ketchup Packet






50. Where's the energy in foods?