To maintain a healthy and balanced diet, it is important to keep
track of the total daily calories that are consumed. This requires
careful analysis of the labels that are found on the food packages.
The calories are often expressed as a per serving number, and not
for the entire package.
Additionally, the food labels may contain information about how
many calories come from fat, protein, and carbohydrates. In
general, calories that come mostly from fat will lead to rapid
weight gain. Such calories are unhealthy and it is better to get
most of the calories from carbohydrates and proteins instead.