CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wilbur Olin Atwater, Food Energy, White Bread

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

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Think of what you want to eat instead of actually eating them to curb your appetite. Soaking it in juice or water and swallow it to curb appetite. Ice will melt when you eat it. Losing calories by melting the ice which requires energy/heat output. Linked with heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure (hypertension), some cancer, diabetes. If the number (bmi) is more than 30, it is regarded as obese. It is possible to have a high bmi because of muscle mass, not obese. One way to gauge excessive weight is to look at both the bmi and the waist/hip ratio. Greater the bmi and the waist/hip ratio, the greater the belly and the greater the risk. Scientifically - the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by one degree celsius. 1. food: 1 calorie = 1000 calories (1 kilocalories)