NUTRITION
NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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Question
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What is a CALORIE?
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A unit for measuring the energy produced by food when it is metabolized in the body.
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A unit for measuring body weight.
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A unit for measuring water weight.
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A unit for measuring all the sugars in the food you consumed.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The calorie was originally defined as the amount of heat required at a pressure of 1 standard atmosphere to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1° Celsius. Since 1925 this calorie has been defined in terms of the joule, the definition since 1948 being that one calorie is equal to approximately 4.2 joules.
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