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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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






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






3. What is hunger?






4. Chicken McNuggets






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






6. Triple Whopper






7. Steak = ______






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






9. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






10. Ketchup Packet






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






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






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






14. Most foods are a _____.






15. Oil = _____






16. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






19. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






21. Where's the energy in foods?






22. A calorie measures for ______________.






23. Oil = _____






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






25. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






26. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






27. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






29. Big Mac






30. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






31. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






33. Basal metabolism includes _________.






34. Triple Whopper






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






36. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






37. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






38. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






39. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






40. Large Cola






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






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






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






44. Total caloric need =______________________.






45. 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: ______________________






46. Steak = ______






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






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






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






50. We need energy to maintain _______.







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