The Incredible Growing Baby
A newborn baby consumes approximately 100 calories per kilogram per day…which tranlates into a 500 calor
ie per day diet for an 11 pound baby. If your average adult had the same metabolic needs as a newborn, we would need to consume 7,000 calories per day (here’s looking at you, Michael Phelps) to survive! Don’t we all wish we still had a metabolism like that…
