kilókcal
Kilocalorie, abbreviated kcal or Cal, is a unit of energy widely used in nutrition to express the energy value of foods and the body's energy requirements. It is commonly referred to as a "calorie" in everyday speech, though scientifically the term calorie refers to a smaller unit.
The kilocalorie is defined as the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram
In the context of human nutrition, the energy content of foods is measured in kilocalories. Food labels
The Atwater factors assign approximately 4 kcal per gram for protein, 4 for available carbohydrate, 9 for
The term "Calorie" with a capital C on nutrition labels corresponds to one kilocalorie. People often colloquially
Kilocalories are used to gauge energy balance in weight management, with total daily energy expenditure comprising