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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • 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. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






3. Where's the energy in foods?






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






5. Total caloric need =______________________.






6. Large French Fries






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






8. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






9. Chicken McNuggets






10. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






11. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






14. Sugar = _____






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






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






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






18. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






19. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






20. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






21. Large Cola






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






23. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






25. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






27. Big Mac






28. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






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






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






33. Double Stack






34. 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: ______________________






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






36. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






37. Chicken Caesar Salad






38. A calorie measures for ______________.






39. Chicken McNuggets






40. Ketchup Packet






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






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






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






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






45. Total caloric need =______________________.






46. Triple Whopper






47. Ketchup Packet






48. Sugar = _____






49. Double Stack






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