Storing excess energy from dietary carbohydrate as body fat requires ____ percent of the ingested energy intake.

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Storing excess energy from dietary carbohydrate as body fat requires approximately 25% of the ingested energy intake. This is because some energy is required to convert the carbohydrate into fat in the liver (a process called de novo lipogenesis). The other answer choices are too low or too high to be accurate.

Storing Excess Energy from Dietary Carbohydrate as Body Fat Requires