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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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1. What is appetite?






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






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






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






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






6. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






7. We need energy to maintain _______.






8. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






10. Triple Whopper






11. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






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






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






16. Triple Whopper






17. Chicken Caesar Salad






18. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






19. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






20. Sugar = _____






21. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






22. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






23. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






25. Ketchup Packet






26. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






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






29. Ketchup Packet






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






31. We need energy to maintain _______.






32. The greatest energy use is _____.






33. A calorie measures for ______________.






34. Sugar = _____






35. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






37. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






38. Basal metabolism includes _________.






39. Double Stack






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






41. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






43. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






46. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






49. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






50. What is hunger?







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