Heat Loss From Sweating: Weight & Evaporation

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How can I determine the heat loss of person from sweating when given the weight of the person and the weight of the amount of sweat that was evaporated throughout the day?
 
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From the energy needed to turn a mass liquid water into water vapour = latent heat of vapourisation
 

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