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Although each gram of protein provides 4 kilocalories, your body does not use protein as a primary energy source.
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
Low-grade import coal with 3,800 kilocalories per kilogram, compared to the 5,500kcal Qinhuangdao product, is currently trading at its lowest levels in 3½ years — a strong indicator that a domestic market awash in poor quality coal doesn’t need to bring any more of it from overseas.
—David Fickling, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024
The national currency lost almost one-fourth of its value, leading the minimum wage value to drop from $260 to almost $70 per month, while the cost of a food basket of 2,100 kilocalories almost tripled.
—Hadi Kahalzadeh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2021
That means that each 1-gram piece of Newton Nougat Crunch is 2 kilocalories.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
At the start of the show, the contestants’ mean resting metabolic rate was 2,607 +/-649 kilocalories per day.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2019
Based on their individual weights, the researchers estimate that the contestants were burning an average of about 500 fewer kilocalories a day than would be expected of people their size.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2019
By 2050 that number could go as high as 850 kilocalories, the researchers predict.
—Prachi Patel, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2016
Super Faiths claims that the final, odorless product becomes less than 1/3 the weight and bulk of the original diapers and contains 5,000 kilocalories of heat per kilogram.
—Fox News, 6 May 2010
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
Low-grade import coal with 3,800 kilocalories per kilogram, compared to the 5,500kcal Qinhuangdao product, is currently trading at its lowest levels in 3½ years — a strong indicator that a domestic market awash in poor quality coal doesn’t need to bring any more of it from overseas.
—David Fickling, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024
The national currency lost almost one-fourth of its value, leading the minimum wage value to drop from $260 to almost $70 per month, while the cost of a food basket of 2,100 kilocalories almost tripled.
—Hadi Kahalzadeh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2021
That means that each 1-gram piece of Newton Nougat Crunch is 2 kilocalories.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
At the start of the show, the contestants’ mean resting metabolic rate was 2,607 +/-649 kilocalories per day.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2019
Based on their individual weights, the researchers estimate that the contestants were burning an average of about 500 fewer kilocalories a day than would be expected of people their size.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2019
By 2050 that number could go as high as 850 kilocalories, the researchers predict.
—Prachi Patel, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2016
Super Faiths claims that the final, odorless product becomes less than 1/3 the weight and bulk of the original diapers and contains 5,000 kilocalories of heat per kilogram.
—Fox News, 6 May 2010
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“Kilocalorie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilocalorie. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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kilocalorie
noun
ki·lo·cal·o·rie
ˈkē-lə-ˌkal-(ə-)rē 
ˈkil-ə-
Medical Definition
kilocalorie
noun
ki·lo·cal·o·rie
-ˌkal-(ə-)rē
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