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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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1. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






4. Large Cola






5. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






6. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






7. What is a bomb calorimeter?






8. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






9. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






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






13. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






14. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






15. We need energy to ______: digest your food






16. Oil = _____






17. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






18. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






20. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






23. What is appetite?






24. Most foods are a _____.






25. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






26. Big Mac






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






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






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






30. Large French Fries






31. We need energy to maintain _______.






32. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






33. What is dietary thermogenesis?






34. Chicken McNuggets






35. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






37. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






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






41. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






42. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






44. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






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






48. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






50. A calorie measures for ______________.






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