Thread: Many People Are Unaware of Calorie Requirements

A US survey revealed that almost 63% of people are unaware of how many calories they consume everyday and only 12% had an accurate idea of their calorie needs. This would explain the rising number of overweight and obese people around the world.

In order to lose weight, people should eat at least 500 calories less than their calorie limit. An average person has a calorie limit of 2000 per day so eating 500 calories less of that would result to weight loss. Aside from that, it is also important to change your lifestyle and start having a well balanced diet.

What do you think would be the best way to educate people about their calorie requirements?

I totally believe in this. 90% of my family and friends don't have a clue how much calories they need a day. I even had to teach them what calorie means.

I used to be one of those people. Even when I started on a diet, while wa around 5 years ago, I wasn't very knowledgable about calories either. But then I researched it online since I wasn't losing weight. That was when I learned the importance of calories and weight loss.

I think people are unware because they don't really care much about it.. If restaurants starts putting up nutritional information on their menu, perhaps it would encourage them to learn more about it.

I agree.. Some people will definitely try to research on that to understand what they are about.. Let's just hope it will work.