BTEC Unit 2 - LO.C Flashcard

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What does BMR stand for?

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Basal Metabolic Rate

Front

What is energy measured in?

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Calories, Joules

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How many calories a day is recommended for Women?

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2000

Front

What is the term given to below definition:
'When the amount of energy you take in as food and drink (your energy input) is the same as the amount of energy you expend (your energy output).'

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Energy Balance

Front

What happens if your energy expenditure is higher than your energy intake?

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Lose weight

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What happens if your energy intake is higher than your energy expenditure?

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Gain Weight

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Gains in muscle mass will result in increases in RMR.

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True

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Any energy expended over the RMR for digestion, absorption, transport and storage of food.

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Dietary Thermogenesis

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The energy expenditure that comes from environmental or physiological stresses that may require you to respond by shivering, or stress that causes anxiety or fidgeting.

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Adaptive Thermogenesis

Front

Identify one type of Macronutrient.

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Protein, Carbohydrate, Carbohydrates, Fats