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kilogram calorie
noun
The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by a degree centigrade.
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In a popular use of the term calorie, dietitians loosely use it to mean the kilocalorie, sometimes called the kilogram calorie, or large Calorie (equal to 1,000 calories), in measuring the calorific, heating, or metabolizing value of foods.
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The calorie used in measuring the energy content of foods is the large calorie, or kilogram-calorie, equal to 1,000 gram-calories.
Duration, sex, A1C, insulin use per kilogram, total calorie intake, and Zn intake were entered as potential independent variables.
With duration of diabetes, sex, A1C, insulin use per kilogram, total calorie intake, and Zn entered as potential independent variables, the overall model was significant (R = 0.32; P < 0.01).
Muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue does (73 more calories per kilogram per day, to be precise) Muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue does (73 more calories per kilogram per day, to be precise), so the more muscle you build, the higher your resting metabolic rate (RMR) will be.
SKELETAL muscle, Dr. Bouchard said, burns about 13 calories per kilogram of body weight over 24 hours when a person is at rest.
Such pellets were found to have an average calorific value of 3,400 calories per kilogram (14,200 kJ/kg) with ash content of 27%.
BMI: Body Mass Index; CI: Confidence Interval; HR: Hazard Ratio; Kcal: Kilo-calorie; Kg: Kilogram; m: Meter; NPHS National Population Health Surveyy; P: Probability value; RDC Research Data Center USUnited Statesates; Vs: Versus.
Cal kg -1 : We used calories mg -1 AFDW (ash free dry weight) of shellfish meat (as in Cal; reviewed by ), to calculate the number of calories per kilogram of shellfish (Cal kg -1).
In this analysis, maximum parenteral nutrition calories per kilogram (adjusted weight for patients with body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m) are categorized into four groups (quartiles): ≤ 25 kcal/kg, 26 34 kcal/kg, 24 39 kcal/kg, ≥ 40 kcal/kg.
We calculated the range in number of calories per kilogram of each shellfish species using the range of conversion estimates between AFDW and WW for each shellfish species group (Cal kg -1).
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