RE: Re: US News & World Report: Eat More, Weigh Less

[Guest guest]

>>Is it calories per unit WEIGHT? Or calories per unit VOLUME?

Energy density is figured as calories/weight in all the studies.

However, regardless of whether or not you compare lb to lb, gram to

gram, cup to cup, or quart to quart, the total calories in each measure

will change but the caloric density will not change.

>>But then she calls it 'volumetrics'.

Relatively speaking, calorie density (cal/#) allows you to eat more

volume for less calories.

>>Put another way, do our stomachs feel full based on the weight of food

in them, or volume the food takes up?

In her studies, she found that when allowed to eat freely, regardless of

the caloric content of the meal, people seemed to consume similar weight

of food each meal and each day.

Most all her work is easily found and published under her name Rolls, B

and Stubbs.

Regards

Jeff