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When we consume food, we get macronutrtients. These include carbohydrates, fats and proteins, the amount depneds on what food/foods are consumed. In terms of energy, fats provide 9 kcal/g, carbs 4 kcal/g and proteins 7 kcal/g. Therefore the most energy dense nutrient is fat and so on.

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