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






2. We need energy to ______: digest your food






3. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






6. Chicken McNuggets






7. What is appetite?






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






9. Sugar = _____






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






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






12. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






15. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






16. What is hunger?






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






18. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






19. Large French Fries






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






21. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






22. We need energy to ______: digest your food






23. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






24. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






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






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






29. Where's the energy in foods?






30. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






31. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






34. Large French Fries






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






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






37. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






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






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






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






42. Big Mac






43. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






46. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






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






50. What is dietary thermogenesis?