Obesity Apparent increase in Fat and Body Weight

What is a calorie?Before continuing it is important to mention that a calorie is the ability of a nutrient to produce heat, i.e., a unit of energy, which is generated when we eat is metabolized (is optimally utilized by the cells throughout the body). This example may be illustrative: we say that an apple has 35 calories, because being metabolized by our bodies produced 35 units of heat / energy (usually expressed in terms of kilo-calorie).So that each generates different nutrient calories, for example, produce proteins and carbohydrates 4 kcal per gram ingested, while fats produce 9 kcal per gram. It is important to reiterate that calories enter the body and are transformed into energy, but not involved in this process are not

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