Nutrition Calculations

Question 1

Whats the BMR for women

Answer 1

21.6 kcal per day per kg

Question 2

Whats the BMR for men?

Answer 2

24kcal per day per kg

Question 3

What uses more energy, muscle or fat?

Answer 3

Muscle takes more energy

Question 4

How does age affect BMR?

Answer 4

As you get older, your BMR decreases

Question 5

For every 1 degree C higher (ie fever) what happens to bmr?

Answer 5

12% higher BMR! whoa

Question 6

Energy we use to digest food is called? This added to phys active and our life energy (BMR) = ?

Answer 6

Diet induced thermogenesis (DIT); Daily energy expenditure (DEE)

Question 7

A sedentary (work desk job) DEE is ___. A light (1-3 day walk/moving) active one is __.

Answer 7

1.2; 1.375

Question 8

How do we calculate BMis?

Answer 8

divide weight in kilograms by meter squared

Question 9

What type of fat leads to apple bottom jeans boots with the fur? WHered this accumulate

Answer 9

Visceral fat; around organs so DANGER ZONE

Question 10

What type of fat leads to a pear shape? Where’d this accumulate

Answer 10

subcutaneous; hips