Re: Mass/Energy Conservation

[Joel Rauber <Joel_Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>]

I assume you are including respiration effects as part of the wastes

Joel Rauber
Joel_Rauber@sdstate.edu

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> I presume that, if you eat a pound of food, you will gain a pound of
> weight at that time.
>
> Now, over many days, one eats many pounds and produces many pounds of
> waste. How can one describe the mass and energy balance here. If the
> waste is less mass than the food, do you necessarily put on weight?  If
> not what happens?
>
> Thanks for any guidance,       Dave Abineri
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