Questions: You are the clinic nurse teaching newly diagnosed type II diabetics about diet and weight control. One of the subjects you will cover is how to figure out the caloric content of commonly eaten foods. An exercise you give your class is to figure out the calories in a tablespoon of jelly that contains 13 g of carbohydrates, no protein, and no fat. What is the correct number of calories in the jelly? CO 4 52 cal . 65 cal . 39 cal. 26 cal .

You are the clinic nurse teaching newly diagnosed type II diabetics about diet and weight control. One of the subjects you will cover is how to figure out the caloric content of commonly eaten foods. An exercise you give your class is to figure out the calories in a tablespoon of jelly that contains 13 g of carbohydrates, no protein, and no fat. What is the correct number of calories in the jelly? CO 4
52 cal .
65 cal .
39 cal.
26 cal .
Transcript text: You are the clinic nurse teaching newly diagnosed type II diabetics about diet and weight control. One of the subjects you will cover is how to figure out the caloric content of commonly eaten foods. An exercise you give your class is to figure out the calories in a tablespoon of jelly that contains 13 g of carbohydrates, no protein, and no fat. What is the correct number of calories in the jelly? CO 4 52 cal . 65 cal . 39 cal. 26 cal .
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The answer is the first one: 52 cal.

Explanation: To determine the caloric content of the jelly, we need to know the caloric value of carbohydrates. Each gram of carbohydrate provides 4 calories. Given that the tablespoon of jelly contains 13 grams of carbohydrates, we can calculate the total calories as follows:

Calories from carbohydrates = 13 grams * 4 calories/gram = 52 calories

Therefore, the correct number of calories in the jelly is 52 cal.

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