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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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






2. Triple Whopper






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






4. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






7. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






8. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






10. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






12. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






15. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






17. Triple Whopper






18. Chicken McNuggets






19. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






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






22. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






23. The basic caloric need for Men =______






24. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






26. Large French Fries






27. Large Cola






28. We need energy to maintain _______.






29. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






32. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






34. Sugar = _____






35. Ketchup Packet






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






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






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






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






40. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






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






43. 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: ______________________






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






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






46. What is hunger?






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






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






49. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






50. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.