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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. Calories are not _____ - they are a measure of energy content.






2. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






4. What is a bomb calorimeter?






5. In old days there was not need to regulate ______ because there was no overabundance of food.






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






7. Where's the energy in foods?






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






9. A calorie measures for ______________.






10. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






12. Triple Whopper






13. Large Cola






14. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






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






18. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






19. Double Stack






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






21. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






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






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






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






26. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






27. Large French Fries






28. Steak = ______






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






30. Ketchup Packet






31. Oil = _____






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






33. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






34. Dietary thermogenesis (____% of basal and physical activity calories)






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






36. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






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






39. Chicken McNuggets






40. Big Mac






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






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






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






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






45. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






46. Ketchup Packet






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






48. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






50. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.