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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. The body's energy nutrients sources are _______.






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






3. 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: ______________________






4. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






5. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






6. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






9. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






10. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






11. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






14. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






15. Ketchup Packet






16. The greatest energy use is _____.






17. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






18. What is appetite?






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






20. The greatest energy use is _____.






21. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






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






24. Triple Whopper






25. Triple Whopper






26. Oil = _____






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






28. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






31. Sugar = _____






32. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






33. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






34. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






36. The basic caloric need for Men =______






37. Chicken McNuggets






38. Oil = _____






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






40. Steak = ______






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






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






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






44. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






47. A calorie measures for ______________.






48. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






50. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.