Food fuels our bodies. Do people who have had amputations need less food/calories since they now have less ‘body’ to fuel? If so, is it a noticeable amount?

Question

Food fuels our bodies. Do people who have had amputations need less food/calories since they now have less ‘body’ to fuel? If so, is it a noticeable amount?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Theoretically yes, but in practice you actually require a lot more energy to move around even with really good prosthetics.