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kilocalorie

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A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories, used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie or Calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

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One kilocalorie is equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules.

One kilocalorie is equal to 1,000 gram-calories (or small calories), a measure of heat energy.

The kilocalorie, or food calorie, is the amount of heat required to raise one kilogram of water 1 °C.

One kilocalorie is the amount of heat energy required to raise one kilogram of water from 14.5 to 15.5 °C at one atmosphere of pressure.

(There are several slightly different definitions in use for the calorie. The calorie used by nutritionists is actually a kilocalorie).

In the International System of Units (SI), the heat capacity of water is one kilocalorie per kilogram per degree Celsius.

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Mr Annan wants to raise the energy intake from 2,030 kilocalories per head per day to 2,450, include a bit more protein in the food basket, and provide supplementary food for nearly 2m particularly vulnerable people.Most Iraqis are preoccupied with surviving.

The depth of hunger varies between countries: the undernourished in Haiti, for example, are 450 kilocalories short of the minimum dietary requirements for good health, compared with a deficit of 200 kilocalories in Indonesia.

America's food supply rose over the same period to 3,769 kilocalories per person per day.

A preventive diet for adults might include 20 to 35 percent of kilocalories as dietary fat, with low intake of saturated and trans-fatty acids (no more than 10 percent of kilocalories), and cholesterol intake below 300 mg daily.

Corrected physiological values for the heats of combustion of the three energy-yielding nutrients, rounded to whole numbers, are as follows: carbohydrate, 4 kilocalories (17 kilojoules) per gram; protein, 4 kilocalories (17 kilojoules) per gram; and fat, 9 kilocalories (38 kilojoules) per gram.

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