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






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






3. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






5. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






6. What is appetite?






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






8. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






9. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






11. Where's the energy in foods?






12. 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: ______________________






13. We need energy to maintain _______.






14. Double Stack






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






16. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






19. Ketchup Packet






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






21. What is hunger?






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






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






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






25. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






27. What is appetite?






28. What is dietary thermogenesis?






29. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






30. Big Mac






31. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






33. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






35. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






37. Large Cola






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






39. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






40. Ketchup Packet






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






42. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






44. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






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






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






48. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






50. Chicken McNuggets