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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. The body's energy nutrients sources are _______.






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






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






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






5. Most foods are a _____.






6. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






7. Total caloric need =______________________.






8. Big Mac






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






10. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






13. Oil = _____






14. A calorie measures for ______________.






15. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






17. Chicken McNuggets






18. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






19. Big Mac






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






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






22. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






23. The greatest energy use is _____.






24. Large Cola






25. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






28. Double Stack






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






30. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






32. Large Cola






33. What is appetite?






34. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






35. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






38. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






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






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. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






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






46. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






47. Where's the energy in foods?






48. Double Stack






49. Sugar = _____






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