NUTRITION
BASIC CONCEPTS IN NUTRITION
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Question
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The amount of energy the body gets from food is measured in.
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Metabolism
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Diet
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Calories
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Protein
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Food energy used to be measured in Calories (Cal) and some countries still use those units. The conversions are as follows: 1 kJ = 0.2 Cal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Food energy is expressed in calories or joules. A calorie is the amount of energy required at one atmosphere of pressure to raise the temperature of 1 g of water from 14.5°C to 15.5°C (NRC, 1981).
Detailed explanation-3: -A calorie is a unit of measure of energy. Very specifically, it is the amount of energy that is required to raise the temperature of one mL, (which is also one gram), of water by one degree Celsius.
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