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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. Oil = _____






2. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






3. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






4. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






5. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






6. Where's the energy in foods?






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






8. Sugar = _____






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






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






11. Large Cola






12. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






14. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






15. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






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






19. What is dietary thermogenesis?






20. 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: ______________________






21. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






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






25. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






28. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






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






31. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






33. Steak = ______






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






35. Total caloric need =______________________.






36. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






37. We need energy to ______: digest your food






38. Most foods are a _____.






39. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






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






43. Double Stack






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






45. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






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






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






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