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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. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






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






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






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






7. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






8. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






9. A calorie measures for ______________.






10. Double Stack






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






12. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






15. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






18. Large Cola






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






20. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






21. The greatest energy use is _____.






22. Steak = ______






23. Triple Whopper






24. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






26. Chicken Caesar Salad






27. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






29. Triple Whopper






30. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






31. What is hunger?






32. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






34. What is a bomb calorimeter?






35. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






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






39. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






40. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






41. 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: ______________________






42. Most foods are a _____.






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






44. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






45. Big Mac






46. Sugar = _____






47. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






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