3,500 excess calories will eventually be converted to 1 pound of fat tissue. If you consume 70 calories a day more than you burn, how long would it take you to gain one pound of fat       a. 5 days                 b. 2 weeks                  c. 50 days   d. 2 months          e. 5 months

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3,500 excess calories will eventually be converted to 1 pound of fat tissue. If you consume 70 calories a day more than you burn, how long would it take you to gain one pound of fat

      a. 5 days                 b. 2 weeks                  c. 50 days  

d. 2 months          e. 5 months    

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