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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






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






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






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






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






7. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






8. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






10. Large French Fries






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






12. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






13. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






15. 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: ______________________






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






17. 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: ______________________






18. Basal metabolism includes _________.






19. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






21. The basic caloric need for Men =______






22. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






25. Most foods are a _____.






26. Triple Whopper






27. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






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






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






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






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






33. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






34. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






35. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






36. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






38. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






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






41. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






42. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






43. Triple Whopper






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






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






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






47. Basal metabolism includes _________.






48. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






49. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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