The nurse is counseling a young female adult who needs approximately 2000 cal/day to maintain her weight. She would like to lose a few pounds and asks what she would need to limit her intake to if she wanted to lose a pound a week
How should the nurse respond? A) 1000 cal/day B) 1500 cal/day C) 1600 cal/day D) 1800 cal/day
B
Feedback:
A pound of body fat is equivalent to 3500 calories. An "extra" 500 cal/day for a week can result in a 1-pound weight gain. By reversing this, 500 cal/day decrease should result in a weight loss of 1 pound per week.
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