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How many calories need to be burnt to get rid of 1 kg of human body fat?

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Dr. John Scuba answered

Specializes in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Fat caloric value: A pound (454gm) of fat represents about 3500 calories (@ 9 kcal/gm). A kg is about 2.2 pounds, so that's 7700. Eating 175 fewer calories a day would mean losing a pound every 20 days. Or if you burned an extra 175 calories a day by exercising more, then you could lose a pound in about 20 days.The combination of both would accelerate and double that weight loss.

Answered 9/5/2013

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