How many calories should people consume every day?

In 2000, the Nutrition Society of China put forward the reference intake of dietary energy for China residents, pointing out that adult male light and moderate manual workers need 2,400-2,700 kcal of energy every day.

The daily energy requirement of female light and moderate manual workers is 2 100-2300 kcal. Babies, children and adolescents, pregnant women, nursing mothers and the elderly have different physiological characteristics and different energy requirements.

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Yangzi Evening News reported that normal people spend 65% to 70% of their daily energy on basic metabolism, another 10% on food intake and digestion, and the rest 15% to 30% on activities. The energy in my body mainly comes from the food I eat every day.

It can be inferred that if the energy intake from food exceeds the energy consumed by the body every day, the excess energy will become fat and be stored in the body, and the weight will gradually increase; On the contrary, the weight will gradually decrease.

People's Network-Why do some people "eat to death and not get fat"? You will be fat and thin. Look at the basal metabolic rate.

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