What accounts for the higher energy density of a fatty acid compared with the other energy-yielding nutrients?

a. Fatty acids have a lower percentage of hydrogen-oxygen bonds.
b. Fatty acids have a greater percentage of hydrogen-carbon bonds.
c. Other energy-yielding nutrients have a lower percentage of oxygen-carbon bonds.
d. Other energy-yielding nutrients undergo fewer metabolic reactions, thereby lowering the energy yield.
e. Other energy-yielding nutrients have a lower percentage of oxygen-hydrogen bonds.


ANS: B

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