When you jog, most of the food energy you burn above your basal metabolic rate (BMR) ends up as internal energy that would raise your body temperature if it were not eliminated. The evaporation of perspiration is the primary mechanism for eliminating this energy. Determine the amount of water you lose to evaporation when running for 42 minutes at a rate that uses 400 kcal/h above your BMR. (That amount is often considered to be the "maximum fat-burning" energy output. The latent heat of vaporization of water at room temperature is 2.5 106 J/kg.)

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When you jog, most of the food
energy you burn above your basal
metabolic rate (BMR) ends up as
internal energy that would raise
your body temperature if it were
not eliminated. The evaporation
of perspiration is the primary
mechanism for eliminating this
energy. Determine the amount of
water you lose to evaporation
when running for 42 minutes at a
rate that uses 400 kcal/h above
your BMR. (That amount is often
considered to be the "maximum
fat-burning" energy output. The
latent heat of vaporization of
water at room temperature is 2.5
106 J/kg.)
The metabolism of 1 gram of fat
generates approximately 9.07 kcal
of energy and produces
approximately 1 gram of water.
(The hydrogen atoms in the fat
molecule are transferred to
oxygen to form water.) What
fraction of your need for water will
be provided by fat metabolism?
Transcribed Image Text:When you jog, most of the food energy you burn above your basal metabolic rate (BMR) ends up as internal energy that would raise your body temperature if it were not eliminated. The evaporation of perspiration is the primary mechanism for eliminating this energy. Determine the amount of water you lose to evaporation when running for 42 minutes at a rate that uses 400 kcal/h above your BMR. (That amount is often considered to be the "maximum fat-burning" energy output. The latent heat of vaporization of water at room temperature is 2.5 106 J/kg.) The metabolism of 1 gram of fat generates approximately 9.07 kcal of energy and produces approximately 1 gram of water. (The hydrogen atoms in the fat molecule are transferred to oxygen to form water.) What fraction of your need for water will be provided by fat metabolism?
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