Mary wishes to lose 5 pounds before her vacation in approximately 5 weeks.Her average consumption is 2,100 kilocalories per day.How many kilocalories should she consume daily to begin to lose this weight,assuming her activity pattern remains unchanged?

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To lose 5 pounds in 5 weeks, she needs a deficit of about 500 calories per day. Reducing her intake from 2,100 to 1,600-1,700 calories per day would create this deficit.

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