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






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






3. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






6. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






7. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






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






17. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






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






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






21. Ketchup Packet






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






23. What is appetite?






24. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






25. Big Mac






26. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






27. Double Stack






28. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






30. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






33. Oil = _____






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






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






36. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






38. What is hunger?






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






40. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






43. Total caloric need =______________________.






44. Steak = ______






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






46. We need energy to ______: digest your food






47. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






48. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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