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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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






2. The greatest energy use is _____.






3. Total caloric need =______________________.






4. Large French Fries






5. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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






7. What is hunger?






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






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






10. Big Mac






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






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






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






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






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






16. Ketchup Packet






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






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






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






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






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






22. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






23. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






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






26. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






27. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






29. Total caloric need =______________________.






30. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






33. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






34. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






35. What is dietary thermogenesis?






36. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






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






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






41. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






43. Most foods are a _____.






44. Steak = ______






45. Ketchup Packet






46. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






48. Steak = ______






49. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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