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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. Oil = _____






2. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






3. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






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






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






8. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






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






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






12. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






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






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






17. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






19. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






20. Steak = ______






21. We need energy to maintain _______.






22. What is dietary thermogenesis?






23. We need energy to maintain _______.






24. Chicken Caesar Salad






25. Double Stack






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






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






28. Large Cola






29. Triple Whopper






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






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






32. Sugar = _____






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






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






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






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






37. Large Cola






38. Where's the energy in foods?






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






40. Chicken Caesar Salad






41. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






42. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






44. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






45. Ketchup Packet






46. The greatest energy use is _____.






47. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






49. Steak = ______






50. A calorie measures for ______________.