Counting Calories

Published November 1, 2009

FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "Counting Calories" published November 1, 2009 - Andy Fox: Let's see...One food calorie is the energy required to heat one kilogram of water by one degree celsius...If a child weighs 75 pounds, that's 34 kilograms, of which about 60 percent is water...Normal human body temperature is 37 degrees celsius...Jason, can you come here for a second? Jason Fox: Whatcha need? Andy Fox: I'm trying to get a sense of how much Halloween candy you've eaten.