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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. Large Cola






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






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






4. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






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






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






8. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






9. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






11. Most foods are a _____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. What is dietary thermogenesis?






20. Steak = ______






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






22. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






23. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






24. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






27. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






29. Where's the energy in foods?






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






31. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






32. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






34. We need energy to maintain _______.






35. Chicken Caesar Salad






36. 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: ______________________






37. Large French Fries






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






39. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






41. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






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






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






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






47. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






49. The basic caloric need for Men =______






50. Double Stack