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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 energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






3. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






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






6. Large Cola






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






8. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






10. Where's the energy in foods?






11. What is a bomb calorimeter?






12. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






13. Ketchup Packet






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






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






16. What is hunger?






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






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






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






20. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






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






24. Large French Fries






25. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






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






29. Sugar = _____






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






31. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






34. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






36. Double Stack






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






38. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






39. A calorie measures for ______________.






40. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






42. Triple Whopper






43. Big Mac






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






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






46. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






47. What is dietary thermogenesis?






48. Steak = ______






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






50. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.