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geodog55

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on: Aug 20, 2018
What are Calories and what nutrients provide them?

Question 2

If Sue, age 22 and not pregnant, attempted to meet her RDA for iron by eating 3-ounce hamburgers, how many would she have to eat each day?
 a. 2
  b. 4
  c. 6
  d. 8


brittiany.barnes

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Reply #1 on: Aug 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Calories are the units used to measure the amount of energy in foods. Protein, fat, and CHO (and alcohol) provide Calories or kcalories.

Answer to Question 2

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