The Atwater Factors

question 21

Multiple Choice

The Atwater factors

• A) Do not take into consideration the digestibility of foods
• B) Do not take into consideration the partial oxidation of proteins
• C) Are exact numbers derivable from stoichiometry of oxidation
• D) Are approximate numbers derived from a relatively small set of observations
• E) Show that alcohol has the highest energy content per g

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