John reads food labels and records what he had to eat for one day. He totaled ea

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John reads food labels and records what he had to eat for one day. He totaled each of the following and came up with: 360 grams Carbohydrate (CHO) 90 grams Protein 80 grams Fat Help John figure out how many calories he ate and what percentage of those calories came from each of the nutrients. Percentage of calories Are these low/ok/high range for an adult? 1. Total calories he ate _______ ____ 2. What % are CHO calories? _____ ____ 3. What % are Protein calories? ____ ____ 4. What % are Fat calories? _____ ____

Explanation / Answer

The total calories he ate is 360+90+80=530 grams

cho percentage is 360/530=0.6792x100 i.e 67.92 %

protein percentage is 90/530=0.1698x100 i.e 16.98%

Fat percentage is   80/530=0.1509x100 i.e 15.09%

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