exercising gives you energy

Learners may think that exercising somehow generates energy such that one can get energy either by consuming food or being more active. Of course someone who exercises may feel 'more energetic' or 'more energised' and may indeed become stronger and so more powerful, but the energy transformed derives from metabolism of food.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.