What is a calorie? - Emma Bryce
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We hear about calories all the time: How many calories are in this cookie? How many are burned by doing 100 jumping jacks, or long-distance running, or fidgeting? But what is a calorie, really? And how many of them do we actually need? Emma Bryce explains how a few different factors should go into determining the recommended amount for each person.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Emma Bryce
- Animator Qa'ed Mai
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Narrator Addison Anderson
