NUSC 1165 EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE 2026
VERIFIED Q&A MASTER SOLUTION
◉ Describe what it means to be in energy balance, negative energy
balance, and positive energy balance.
Answer: Energy balance: calories in = calories out, body weight
remains constant
Positive: Calories in > calories out, body weight increases
Negative: Calories in < calories out, body weight decreases
◉ What happens to excess calories when we eat more energy than
we expend?
Answer: Those calories get stored as glycogen or fat
◉ How can dietary carbohydrate and protein be stored as fat? Is this
preferred to storing dietary fat?
Answer: Dietary fat can be monounsaturated and better for you than
fat from stored carbs and protein
◉ When we are in a calorie deficit, how do we meet our energy
needs and maintain blood glucose?
Answer: By breaking down fat and glycogen
, ◉ What are the components that make up total energy expenditure?
Answer: - Basal metabolism
- Physical activity
- Thermic effect of food
- Adaptive thermogenesis
◉ What is the thermic effect of food?
Answer: The energy it costs to process and digest food
◉ What contributes the most to TEE in a sedentary person?
Answer: Basal metabolism/Resting metabolic rate
◉ What component is most variable between individuals?
Answer: Physical activity
◉ Name 3 variables that can increase basal metabolic rate.
Answer: Greater body size, greater amount of lean muscle, being a
man
◉ Name 3 variables that can decrease basal metabolic rate.
Answer: Getting older, living in cold areas, being a woman
VERIFIED Q&A MASTER SOLUTION
◉ Describe what it means to be in energy balance, negative energy
balance, and positive energy balance.
Answer: Energy balance: calories in = calories out, body weight
remains constant
Positive: Calories in > calories out, body weight increases
Negative: Calories in < calories out, body weight decreases
◉ What happens to excess calories when we eat more energy than
we expend?
Answer: Those calories get stored as glycogen or fat
◉ How can dietary carbohydrate and protein be stored as fat? Is this
preferred to storing dietary fat?
Answer: Dietary fat can be monounsaturated and better for you than
fat from stored carbs and protein
◉ When we are in a calorie deficit, how do we meet our energy
needs and maintain blood glucose?
Answer: By breaking down fat and glycogen
, ◉ What are the components that make up total energy expenditure?
Answer: - Basal metabolism
- Physical activity
- Thermic effect of food
- Adaptive thermogenesis
◉ What is the thermic effect of food?
Answer: The energy it costs to process and digest food
◉ What contributes the most to TEE in a sedentary person?
Answer: Basal metabolism/Resting metabolic rate
◉ What component is most variable between individuals?
Answer: Physical activity
◉ Name 3 variables that can increase basal metabolic rate.
Answer: Greater body size, greater amount of lean muscle, being a
man
◉ Name 3 variables that can decrease basal metabolic rate.
Answer: Getting older, living in cold areas, being a woman
