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What is the Energy Balance Equation?

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What is the Energy Balance Equation?

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In its simplest form, the energy balance equation is meant to represent what does (or at least should) happen to the body by looking at the difference between energy intake (from food) and energy output. In it’s exceedingly simplest form, the energy balance equation is this: Energy in = Energy out + Change in Body Stores This is essentially just a restatement of basic thermodynamics, since energy can’t be created or destroyed, it all has to be accounted for in some form or fashion. In this case, differences between intake and output show up as changes in the energy stores of the body. Now, in the case of the human body, changes in energy stores will show up as changes in the amount of different tissues in the body. Excess energy is converted or stored via conversion into body tissue (e.g. body fat, muscle tissue, etc.). Since excess energy is stored in the body as tissues that contain mass, I will (marginally incorrectly) refer to changes in body mass throughout this article. I’m doing

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