calorie
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- n a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
- n unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
- New research suggests that consuming low-calorie food and drink may actually increase your tendency to overeat.
- Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has stumbled on what it's calling the first melt-resistant, low-calorie chocolate.
- Harvard professor and nutrition guru Walter Willett says a calorie is a calorie and a diet that cuts either should work equally well.