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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 energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






2. We need energy to maintain _______.






3. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






6. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






8. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Most foods are a _____.






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






17. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






20. Big Mac






21. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






22. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






24. Oil = _____






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






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






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






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






29. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






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






32. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






34. Basal metabolism includes _________.






35. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






38. Chicken McNuggets






39. Triple Whopper






40. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






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






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






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






46. We need energy to ______: digest your food






47. Total caloric need =______________________.






48. What is hunger?






49. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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