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kilocalorie

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kilocalorie /kilo·cal·o·rie/ (kil´o-kal″o-re) a unit of heat equal to 1000 calories. Abbreviated kcal.
kil·o·cal·o·rie (kl-kl-r)
n.
Abbr. kcal See calorie.

kilocalorie (kcal)
[-kəl′ərē]
Etymology: Gk, chilioi, thousand; L, calor, heat
a unit of heat equal to 1000 small calories or 4186 joules. Also called large calorie.

kilocalorie,
n 1000 calories, a unit of measure of the energy value in foodstuffs.

kilocalorie
a unit of heat equal to 1000 calories; symbol kcal or Cal.

kilocalorie
Big calorie, Calorie A unit of heat equal to 1000 calories–the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of H2O 1ºC


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For example, if the investigator plans to look at bouts of physical activity from an accelerometer, then reliability and validity should be determined for bouts of physical activity and not counts per day or kilocalories.
This is enough food to provide every person worldwide with at least 2,720 kilocalories a day.
Pregnancy requires an extra 300 kilocalories per day in order to maintain the nutritional needs of two.
 
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