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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Eating leads to ____ (feeling of enough food has been eaten - but not stuffed)






2. We need energy to ______: digest your food






3. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






5. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






7. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






8. Big Mac






9. We need energy to maintain _______.






10. Basal metabolism includes _________.






11. A calorie measures for ______________.






12. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






13. Ketchup Packet






14. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






15. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






17. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






20. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






21. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






23. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






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






27. Chicken Caesar Salad






28. Steak = ______






29. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






32. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






33. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






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






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






38. Oil = _____






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






40. The greatest energy use is _____.






41. Chicken McNuggets






42. A calorie measures for ______________.






43. Sugar = _____






44. Sugar = _____






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






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






47. Large French Fries






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






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






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