The desire to eat a slice of chocolate cake after consuming a very large meal best illustrates which state?
a. satiety
b. hunger
c. appetite
d. depression
e. bulimia
Q. 2Which statement correctly identifies a specific food intake behavior?
a. A physiological need to eat is called satiety
b. A pleasurable desire for food is called hunger
c. An intense feeling of hunger is called insatiable nervosa
d. A desire to eat without feelings of hunger is called appetite
e. A desire to eat excessive amounts is called negative satiety
Q. 3What is an indirect measure of the amount of energy released from food?
a. The increase in heat given off when the food is burned
b. Quantity of oxygen consumed when the food is burned
c. Quantity of carbon dioxide consumed when the food is burned
d. The increase in heat retained by the food when it is slowly brought to 100 C
e. The decrease in ambient temperature when the food is chilled to 0 C
Q. 4Which statement describes an association between energy measurement and foods?
a. Indirect calorimetry cannot be used to determine the energy value of alcohol.
b. A bomb calorimeter measures the amount of oxygen released when a food is oxidized.
c. Direct calorimetry and indirect calorimetry of the same food rarely give similar values.
d. The physiological fuel value of a food is almost always lower than the energy value of that food as determined by bomb calorimetry.
e. In general, the fuel value of protein foods will exceed their energy value as measured by bomb calorimetry.
Q. 5What instrument is used to measure the energy content of foods?
a. Energy chamber
b. Exothermic meter
c. Bomb calorimeter
d. Combustion chamber
e. Energy spectrometer
Q. 6In an adult who gains 20 pounds of excess body weight, about how much of this is lean tissue?
a. 1 lb
b. 2 lbs
c. 5 lbs
d. 10 lbs
e. 15 lbs
Q. 7Approximately what percentage of weight loss during starvation is lean body mass?
a. 10
b. 20
c. 35
d. 50
e. 75
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