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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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1. We need energy to maintain _______.






2. Double Stack






3. Total caloric need =______________________.






4. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






6. What is appetite?






7. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






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






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






11. Sugar = _____






12. Double Stack






13. Oil = _____






14. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






15. Triple Whopper






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






17. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






20. What is hunger?






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






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






23. What is dietary thermogenesis?






24. Large Cola






25. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






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






28. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






30. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






33. Most foods are a _____.






34. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






35. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






38. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






41. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






43. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






45. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






47. Most foods are a _____.






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






49. Large French Fries






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







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