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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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1. Where's the energy in foods?






2. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






3. Ketchup Packet






4. We need energy to maintain _______.






5. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






6. Steak = ______






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






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






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






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






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






12. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






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






15. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






16. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






17. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






20. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






21. What is hunger?






22. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






24. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






33. The greatest energy use is _____.






34. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






36. Double Stack






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






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






39. Steak = ______






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






41. Big Mac






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






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






44. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






45. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






46. Double Stack






47. Large French Fries






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






49. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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