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METABOLISM AND BODY COMPOSITION Energy Metabolism Energy metabolism involves all the physiological processes required to take in air and food molecules, and then extract energy from the food molecules that can be stored and used by cells of the body. The energy is used to power all the physical and chemical processes performed by the cells and the body as a whole. Basically, enzymes in the cells break the chemical bonds between the atoms in the food molecules (carbon and hydrogen mostly) and combine them with oxygen (O2) in the process of extracting energy. The food atoms end up as c