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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. Ketchup Packet






2. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






4. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






5. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






8. What is dietary thermogenesis?






9. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






10. What is appetite?






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






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






13. Steak = ______






14. Chicken McNuggets






15. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






16. Sugar = _____






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






18. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






20. Steak = ______






21. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






23. Sugar = _____






24. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






25. What is hunger?






26. The greatest energy use is _____.






27. Oil = _____






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






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






30. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






32. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






34. Triple Whopper






35. Large Cola






36. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






38. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






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






41. We need energy to maintain _______.






42. What is a bomb calorimeter?






43. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






45. What is appetite?






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






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






48. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






49. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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