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






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






3. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






6. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






8. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






9. Double Stack






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






11. Large French Fries






12. Oil = _____






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






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






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






16. Ketchup Packet






17. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






18. What is appetite?






19. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






22. What is hunger?






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






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






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






26. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






28. Large French Fries






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






38. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






40. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






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






43. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






45. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






46. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






48. Double Stack






49. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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