Chapter 26.1, Problem 17AYLO

Summary Introduction

To discuss:

Two reasons for the body stores more energy as fat than as carbohydrate; the caloric yield from fat compared to carbohydrate; the typical percentages of body fat in the reference to male and female.

Introduction:

Nutrition is the basis of all life activities, and it is taken care of by the process called metabolism. In metabolism, the raw materials are taken up and undergo the digestive process by breaking down the large molecules into small biomolecules. These small biomolecules are further absorbed by the intestinal cells and provide energy to all living things.Fats have many roles that can be synthesized in the human body, but the dietary fats are used as the energy resource that is stored in muscle adipose tissues.