A Person decides to lose weight by sleeping one hour less per day, using the time for

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A Person decides to lose weight by sleeping one hour less per day, using the time for light activity. How much weight (or mass) can this person expect to lose in 1 year, assuming no change in food intake? Assume that 1 kg of fat stores about 40,000 kJ of energy.

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Problem 16P

A Person decides to lose weight by sleeping one hour less per day, using the time for light activity. How much weight (or mass) can this person expect to lose in 1 year, assuming no change in food intake? Assume that 1 kg of fat stores about 40,000 kJ of energy.

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Here we have to calculate how much weight a person can lose weight in 1 hour.

In the given case, a person lose weight while sleeping one hour less each day and using that time for light activity. The light activity refers to the eating and dressing etc.

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