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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

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






2. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






3. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






5. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






7. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






8. Triple Whopper






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






10. Large French Fries






11. What is dietary thermogenesis?






12. Most foods are a _____.






13. Double Stack






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






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






16. Big Mac






17. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






19. Large Cola






20. Triple Whopper






21. The greatest energy use is _____.






22. Body fats for individual energy around ____% of BMR.






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






24. Where's the energy in foods?






25. 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: ______________________






26. Where's the energy in foods?






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






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






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






30. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






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






34. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






35. Double Stack






36. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






38. Sugar = _____






39. Large Cola






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






41. What is dietary thermogenesis?






42. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






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






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






47. Sugar = _____






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






49. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






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