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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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1. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






3. What is appetite?






4. Large Cola






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






6. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






8. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






9. Large Cola






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






11. Triple Whopper






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






13. Sugar = _____






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






15. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






18. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






20. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






22. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






23. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






26. Large French Fries






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






36. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






38. 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: ______________________






39. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






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






43. Ketchup Packet






44. Steak = ______






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






46. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






48. Ketchup Packet






49. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






50. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.