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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • 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 are a _____.






2. Ketchup Packet






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






4. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






5. Total caloric need =______________________.






6. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






9. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






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






12. Double Stack






13. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






14. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






17. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






18. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






21. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






24. What is dietary thermogenesis?






25. Steak = ______






26. Triple Whopper






27. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






28. Large Cola






29. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






30. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






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






34. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






35. Sugar = _____






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






37. Large French Fries






38. What is appetite?






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






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






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






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






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






44. Basal metabolism includes _________.






45. Double Stack






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






47. Ketchup Packet






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






49. Steak = ______






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