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Questions about Nutrition:

Question 1: In your own words, summarize the relationship between calories, energy, and heat.

Question 2: Describe Atwater’s contribution to understanding “calories?”

Question 3: Explain why oxygen was measured in Atwater’s calorimeter. What information did Atwater gain about energy use in the body by measuring oxygen consumption?

Question 4: Do a little research and find out why people with less fat and more muscle have higher metabolic rates than people with more fat and less muscle. Explain your findings in your own words.

Question 5: Why do you think most nitrogen in foods is contained in proteins? What is the source of the nitrogen in proteins? (HINT: Check out <link is hidden> )