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

yes. there’s less weight to fuel. and it depends on the person, but my grandfather recently has his entire leg amputated and it weighed around 20 pounds. he has a high BMI, so 20 pounds doesn’t do much of anything to his caloric needs.