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Which measurement unit describes the amount of energy food contains?

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Calories are the units that describe the amount of energy food contains.
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Answer:

calorie is the unit describes the amount of energy food contains.

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A calorie is the unit describes the amount of energy food contains.

The unit of energy is a calorie. In term of nutrition, calories are the amount of energy which we get from the food source and drink.calories is required for maintaining good health, different people need a different amount of energy depending upon their age, sex, activity level, and size.

Calorie are of two types

1. A small Calorie: is defined as the amount of energy needed to increase the 1gram temperature of water by 1-degree Celsius.

2. A large Calorie: is defined as the amount of energy needed to increase the temperature 1kilogram of water by 1-degree Celsius.It also called as kilo Calorie

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