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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Large Cola






2. Chicken McNuggets






3. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






5. Sugar = _____






6. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






8. Double Stack






9. We need energy to ______: digest your food






10. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






11. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






13. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






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






16. Double Stack






17. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






18. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






20. Chicken McNuggets






21. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






23. What is appetite?






24. A calorie measures for ______________.






25. What is a bomb calorimeter?






26. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






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






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






30. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






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






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






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






35. The basic caloric need for Men =______






36. Where's the energy in foods?






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






38. Chicken Caesar Salad






39. Total caloric need =______________________.






40. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






42. What is appetite?






43. Basal metabolism includes _________.






44. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






47. Steak = ______






48. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






49. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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