HUMAN NUTRITION

NUTRITION

NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A pound is equal to ____ calories.
A
1000
B
1500
C
2500
D
3500
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A pound of body fat may contain anywhere from 3, 436 to 3, 752 calories. However, it is a myth that just eating 500 fewer calories per day (3, 500 per week) causes weight loss of one pound. This may work in the short term, but the body will soon adapt by making you burn fewer calories.

Detailed explanation-2: -3500 calories are equated to one pound of fat. So, judging from this, you can say that these calories can be too much to consume in a day. However, you cannot just arbitrarily decide the number of calories you will eat in a day.

Detailed explanation-3: -Max Wishnofsky first propagated the concept that there are approximately 3, 500 calories in a pound (lb) of body fat. Put simply, to lose 1 lb of body fat per week, people will need to have a deficit of around 500 calories per day.

Detailed explanation-4: -People who lose weight or plan to lose weight wonder how many calories they need to burn to lose 1 kg. According to studies, for every 1 kg of weight loss, 7700 calories are needed, or 1000 calories are lost 0.13 kg.

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