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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. What is hunger?






2. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






4. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






6. The greatest energy use is _____.






7. Sugar = _____






8. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






9. Most foods are a _____.






10. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






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






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






14. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






15. Triple Whopper






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






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






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






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






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






21. We need energy to ______: digest your food






22. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






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






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






26. Large Cola






27. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






29. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






31. Steak = ______






32. Steak = ______






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






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






35. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






36. What is appetite?






37. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






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






41. The basic caloric need for Men =______






42. Basal metabolism includes _________.






43. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






44. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






45. Oil = _____






46. Chicken Caesar Salad






47. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






48. Where's the energy in foods?






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






50. What is appetite?