Solution Found!
Thermic Effect of Food As we saw in the last section, the
Chapter 5, Problem 54A(choose chapter or problem)
Thermic Effect of Food As we saw in the last section, the metabolic rate after a person eats a meal tends to go up and then, after some time has passed, returns to a resting metabolic rate. This phenomenon is known as the thermic effect of food and can be described for a particular individual as
\(F(t)=-10.28+175.9 t e^{-t / 1.3}\),
where F(t) is the thermic effect of food (in kJ/hr), and t is the number of hours that have elapsed since eating a meal. Find the time after the meal when the thermic effect of the food is maximized. Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Thermic Effect of Food As we saw in the last section, the metabolic rate after a person eats a meal tends to go up and then, after some time has passed, returns to a resting metabolic rate. This phenomenon is known as the thermic effect of food and can be described for a particular individual as
\(F(t)=-10.28+175.9 t e^{-t / 1.3}\),
where F(t) is the thermic effect of food (in kJ/hr), and t is the number of hours that have elapsed since eating a meal. Find the time after the meal when the thermic effect of the food is maximized. Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
The thermic effect of food described for a particular individual as a function of time is modelled as:
\(F(t)=-10.28+175.9 t e^{\frac{-t}{1.3}} \ldots \ldots . .(1)\)
We have to find the time at which the thermic effect of the food is maximized.