On the average, during the Winter 2022 Olympics and training, a male cross-country skiing athlete eats approximately 7,000 Calories per day.  This would be expected to be a very healthy diet (not all ice cream, chips and candy) but Caloric intensive.    It takes 3,500 Calories of extra food beyond your normal diet to gain a pound of body mass.  If you eat normally eat 2000 Calories per day to maintain your weight, and do not increase your normal exercise, how many kilograms will you gain over the 19 days of the Winter Olympics eating those 5,000 extra Calories per day?  Use this conversion 1kg  = 2.20462

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On the average, during the Winter 2022 Olympics and training, a male cross-country skiing athlete eats approximately 7,000 Calories per day.  This would be expected to be a very healthy diet (not all ice cream, chips and candy) but Caloric intensive.    It takes 3,500 Calories of extra food beyond your normal diet to gain a pound of body mass.  If you eat normally eat 2000 Calories per day to maintain your weight, and do not increase your normal exercise, how many kilograms will you gain over the 19 days of the Winter Olympics eating those 5,000 extra Calories per day?  Use this conversion 1kg  = 2.20462 lb Report your answer to 1 decimal place

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