Energy 101
Mystery Square
Estimating Energy Requirements
Energy and Physical Activity
Calculating Food Energy
100

The capacity to do work

What is Energy?
100

The energy required to digest, absorb, and metabolize nutrients, including synthesis and storage of protein, fat, and carbohydrates. 

What is Obligatory Thermogenesis?

100

Name two methods to measure energy requirements 

Harris-Benedict, Mifflin-St. Jeor equations

100

Units of measure that corresponds to a person's metabolic rate

What are METS?

100

Total energy available from food is measure with...

Bomb calometer

200

Dietary energy intake that is required for growth or maintenance in a person of a defined age, gender, weight, height and level of physical activity

What is energy requirement?

200

Energy expended during daily living, and the energy expended during sports or fitness exercise 

NEAT - 

200

Which type of energy prediction was used for ill patients using parenteral nutrition?

Ireton-Jones equation

200

How much is 1 MET

1 MET= 1kcal/kg/hr

200

This is a closed container in which weighed food sample, ignited with an electric spark, is burned within an oxygenated atmsosphere

bomb calorimeter 

300

The energy expended in the activities to sustain normal body function and homeostasis. 

What is Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)? 

300

The net Fat synthesis, carbohydrate intake, or total intake that is excessive indicates an RQ greater or less than 1?

 An RQ greater than 1

300


the average dietary energy intake predicted to maintain energy balance in a healthy adult of a defined age, gender, weight, height, and level of physical activity consistent with good health

Define estimated energy requirements 

300

What affects a person's PAL value?

various activities throughout the day can change this value

300

Once I am immersed in water, the rise in water temperature causes is used to calculate what?

heat energy generated

400

Name as many factors as you can affecting energy expenditure (at least 5/7) 

Age, body composition, body size, climate, gender, hormonal status, temperature, etc. 

400


Body water from urine, saliva or plasma sampled 10-14 days by two isotopes

What  do we test to measure elimination rates?

400

EER incorporates age, weight, height, gender, and level of physical activity at which age?

At 3 years and older

400

How to calculate PAL value for one day?

take the sum of activities and add the BEE (1) plus 10% to account for the TEF pg. 24

400
where can you find energy values of foods based on chemical analyses? 

USDA

500

I provide energy in the form of heat but provide no information of the kind of fuel being oxidized. Which energy expenditure measurement am I ? 

What is Direct Calorimetry ?

500

NO FOOD, NO CAFFEINE, NO NICOTINE, NO EXERCISE for 4 hrs before REE treatment

What is the RULE OF 4's?

500

Which categories have adjusted energy expenditures?

Children age 3 to 18, infants, pregnant and lactating women. 

500

Which lifestyle has the highest PAL value: Sedentary, low active, active, very active

very active, 1.902.5 

500

Is Sugar made up of a single nutrient? If no, name the nutrient parts

Is an egg made up of a single nutrient? If no, name the nutrient parts

Yes

No. Egg is protein, fat and carb.