Question

You’re an average, moderately active adult male. Therefore, you should consume approximately ______ calories and 85 grams of fat.

A. 1,500
B. 1,800
C. 2,500
D. 2,300

Answer 1

The correct answer is- C. 2,500

Step-by-step explanation:

Calories determines the amount of energy a food contains. Different food contains different amount of calories and an average, moderately active adult male should consume approximately 2,500 calories to maintain its body weight.

The amount of calories depends on age, gender, lifestyle and size of a person. For example, growing teenagers and physically more active persons need more calories than less active persons.

To reduce weight we need to burn more calories by physical exercise than consuming and to increase weight we need to consume more calories than loosing. So the correct answer to this question is C. 2,500.

Answer 2

The question is asking us to fill in the gap in: "You’re an average, moderately active adult male. Therefore, you should consume approximately ______ calories and 85 grams of fat." Basically, the question is asking how many calories an adult male should consume and the answer is 2500 calories. - answer C. For women, it's 2000 calories.