food energy
Calories from eating
Food energy is the caloric content of what we eat—the fuel our bodies extract from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
Measured in calories or kilojoules, it represents the potential energy available for bodily functions, movement, and heat: The food energy in a banana is about 100 calories.
Nutrition labels list food energy to help people manage intake.
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- empty caloriesEnergy lacking nutrients
- fuelEnergy source material
- fuel sourceMaterial providing combustible power
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
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Intake below expenditure
energy deficit · starvation · fasting · hunger · malnutrition
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Power used by activity
physical exertion · calorie burning · thermogenesis · exercise · metabolic rate
food energystarvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
wasting · cachexia · inanition · emaciation · energy poverty
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