Question

A client with whom you are working wishes to lose approximately 1 pound per week. How big a daily caloric deficit will be required daily for this client to be successful?

Answer 1

Answer: 500 calories

Step-by-step explanation:

Hence in order to burn 1 pound, you must be able to lose about 3500 calories. We have seven days in one week. In this light, the client must be able to lose 500 calories per day so that in seven days (one week), he or she must have lost a total of 3500 calories, the equivalent to 1 pound as desired.

Answer 2

500 calories per day

Step-by-step explanation:

In conversion, 1 pound is equal to about 3500 calories, which is equivalent to 0.45 kilograms. Hence in order to burn 1 pound, you must be able to lose about 3500 calories. We have seven days in one week. In this light, the client must be able to lose 500 calories per day so that in seven days (one week), he or she must have lost a total of 3500 calories, the equivalent to 1 pound as desired.