4.9 Energy Balance

Question 1

What is energy balance?

Answer 1

The basis of weight control.
For body weight to remain constant energy input must equal energy expenditure.

Question 2

Why is it important to be at a healthy weight for a performer?

Answer 2

Performers carrying excess body weight will expend more energy to complete their task, whereas performers who are underweight will not have enough energy to complete their task.
Both ways, performers are not working as efficiently as possible