How Does Food Turn Into Energy for Kids?
                                
                                
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                                Did you know that the energy in the food we eat originally comes from the sun? Just like plants use sunlight to create their own fuel through photosynthesis, our bodies use a clever process called metabolism to convert the food we consume into usable power for all our activities.