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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

c

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