Exam 5: Energy Balance

Beta-endorphins are:

Compared with a similar individual with less well-developed muscles, an individual with well-developed muscles:

The energy cost to extract and utilize the kilocalories and nutrients in foods is called:

REE is strongly influenced by ______ patterns.

Tips for decreasing the kcaloric density of a diet include:

A greater energy intake than energy output results in:

After teaching a group of students about exercise, the instructor determines the additional teaching is needed when the group identifies which of the following as an example of aerobic exercise?

Which of the following would least likely be a health benefit associated with anaerobic exercise?

Energy contained in foods and used in the body is measured in:

Eating an excess of only 15 extra kcalories per day for 1 year results in an annual weight gain of ______ pounds.

One teaspoon of butter contains 5 grams of fat. How many kilocalories does it contain?

Alcohol supplies how many kilocalories per gram?

A nurse would expect that foods containing which of the following would have lower kilocaloric density?

The component of energy expenditure that increases or decreases with a change in food intake of several days' duration is called:

Resting energy expenditure (REE) differs by as much as which percentage between men and women due to differences in body composition?

When food is scarce, the human body adapts by ______ energy.

The tendency of the body to achieve a balanced state is called:

Which of the following has the highest kilocaloric density?

The type of exercise that depends on continuously inspired oxygen is:

The body uses all of the following for energy except: