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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. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






2. What is a bomb calorimeter?






3. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






4. Big Mac






5. Oil = _____






6. What is appetite?






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






15. What is hunger?






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






17. Big Mac






18. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






21. The basic caloric need for Men =______






22. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






23. What is appetite?






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






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






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






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






28. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






31. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






33. Large Cola






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






35. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






38. What is dietary thermogenesis?






39. Chicken McNuggets






40. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






42. Large Cola






43. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






44. Large French Fries






45. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






46. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






48. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






49. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






50. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)