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 Good Nutrition as part of a healthy lifestyle   Fitness,Food & Beverages,Health It's a sad fact that about one-third of American adults are overweight. But people can change that by adopting a lifestyle with the right diet. It’s important to know how fat is deposited in the body, so that you understand how to make the body lose it. Your body needs food to obtain the necessary energy to function and feed its cells. The calories in food have energy, commonly referred to as calories. The more calories food contains , the more fuel the body can obtain from it. In order to use the energy from the food, your body has to digest the food first. The process of digestion causes the body to burn some old energy to get the new energy from the food. More energy/calories are burned if it's more difficult to digest the food. The body's fuel is categorized as protein, carbohydrates or fats. This fuel nourishes the body and keeps the body functioning. The left over calories are eventua...