Energy Balance & Measure Of Energy Requirements

Question 1

What is associated with positive energy?

Answer 1

Obesity development
Growth
Pregnancy
Recovery from depletion

Question 2

What is associated with negative energy?

Answer 2

Wasting disease
Anorexia
Voluntary weight loss
Starvation

Question 3

What are the 3 major sources of energy expenditure?

Answer 3

Basic metabolic rate - BMR

Thermic effect of food

Physical activity

Question 4

What is PAL and how do you calculate it?

Answer 4

Physical activity level

PAL= total energy expenditure/ BMR

Question 5

Does injury or fever increase or decrease BMR?

Answer 5

Increase

Question 6

How is energy produced?

Answer 6

By oxidative phosphorylation