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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A (metric) calorie is the amount of energy (heat) required to raise 1 kilogram of ____ 1 degree centigrade.






2. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






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






5. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






8. Double Stack






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






10. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






12. Big Mac






13. 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: ______________________






14. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






15. Large French Fries






16. Chicken McNuggets






17. Oil = _____






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






19. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






20. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






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






24. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






25. Steak = ______






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






27. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






28. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






29. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






32. Total caloric need =______________________.






33. Ketchup Packet






34. Most foods are a _____.






35. Chicken McNuggets






36. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






37. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






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






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






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






43. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






45. We need energy to maintain _______.






46. What is hunger?






47. Double Stack






48. Large Cola






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






50. Sugar = _____