🍌diets and energy

• Diet

  • the food you eat each day (which should provide you with some of all the diff kinds of nutrients and energy)
  • a diet that provides all the diff kinds of nutrients and the right amount of energy is called a balanced diet.
• How much energy?


  the energy you eat in food every day should be approximately equal to the energy you use up (most of which coming from the carbs and fats)
• Uses of energy

  • sports, running or walking uses more energy
  • not moving around much uses less
  • some ppl's genes mean that their body uses up more energy quicker
  • if you're growing fast, you need extra energy to help your cells to divide
  • taller ppl use more energy