Question

A friend calculates their BMR to be 1,252 Cal/day and their total daily energy expenditure to be 2,211 /day. According to these measurements, your friend follows a 2,000cal/diethow many DAYS would it theoretically take for their weight to change either increase or decrease by exactly 1 pound? burning or equal to r pound. Round your answer (in days) to the nearest decimal paint days rounds to days)

A) 27.3 days
B) 14.6 days
C) 18.7 days
D) 22.2 days

Answer 1

It would theoretically take approximately 16.6 days for someone with a BMR of 1,252 Cal/day, total energy expenditure of 2,211 Cal/day, and a diet of 2,000 Cal/day to lose one pound. Since none of the provided options exactly match this calculation, the closest offered option is 14.6 days.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how many days it would theoretically take for someone's weight to change by exactly 1 pound, given a Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) of 1,252 Cal/day, a total daily energy expenditure of 2,211 Cal/day, and a diet of 2,000 Cal/day. To find the number of days required for the weight change, we must calculate the daily calorie deficit or surplus and then determine how long it will take for this to result in a 1-pound weight change.

First, we calculate the daily calorie deficit: Total daily energy expenditure (2,211 Cal) - Diet (2,000 Cal) = Calorie deficit of 211 Cal/day. Since it takes an accumulation of an extra 3,500 calories to add one pound of weight, we can use a simple division to find the number of days required to lose 1 pound: 3,500 Cal / 211 Cal/day ≈ 16.59 days, which rounds to 16.6 days.

Therefore, it would theoretically take approximately 16.6 days for this person to lose one pound, given their current calorie intake and expenditure. The closest answer choice to this calculation would be Option B) 14.6 days, which is not exact but is the closest given option.