Balancing the amount of energy in and energy out over time is to maintain individual’s weight. Inadequacy in energy intake may cause underweight and overweight. Overweight is due to the energy intake is greater than the energy expenditure while underweight is the other way round. Your weight status can be calculated by the Body Mass Index (BMI).







Scenario
Mary, a 23 years old girl with height 160cm and weight 65kg, who having BMI of 25.4kg/m2 (overweight). Mary exercises 3 times per week. Therefore, the recommended daily energy intake should be 2027.8 kcal.

Mary`s food consumptions:

MEAL	FOODS	AMOUNT	CALORIE(kcal)
Breakfast	Nasi Lemak	1 plate(250g)	389
	Fried drum stick	1 piece(120g)	255
Coffee Break	Cake,Swiss roll	3 piece(30g)	108
Lunch	Rice,white	200g	325
	Mutton Curry	6 pieces(240g)	417
	Hen egg,whole	53g	71
	Green leaf vegetable	1 cup(180g)	29
Tea break	Pisang Goreng	5 pieces (325g)	645
	Coffee	1 tbs(30g)	60
Dinner	Mee,fried	1 plate(170g)	313
	Beef in tomato sauce	6 pieces(270g)	390
Total calorie intake(kcal)			3002