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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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






2. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






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






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






7. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






9. Double Stack






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






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






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






13. Triple Whopper






14. Large French Fries






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






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






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






18. The basic caloric need for Men =______






19. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






20. Sugar = _____






21. Double Stack






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






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






24. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






26. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






28. Most foods are a _____.






29. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






32. The basic caloric need for Men =______






33. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






34. Chicken McNuggets






35. Sugar = _____






36. Ketchup Packet






37. Most foods are a _____.






38. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






40. Steak = ______






41. Where's the energy in foods?






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






43. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






45. Triple Whopper






46. 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: ______________________






47. What is hunger?






48. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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