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






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






4. Sugar = _____






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






6. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






7. What is hunger?






8. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






11. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






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






14. Oil = _____






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






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






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






18. What is dietary thermogenesis?






19. Large French Fries






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






21. Total caloric need =______________________.






22. Triple Whopper






23. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






25. Chicken McNuggets






26. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






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






30. The greatest energy use is _____.






31. Basal metabolism includes _________.






32. Ketchup Packet






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






34. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






37. Most foods are a _____.






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






39. We need energy to ______: digest your food






40. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






42. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






44. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






45. Double Stack






46. A calorie measures for ______________.






47. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






50. Basal metabolism includes _________.