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What is a unit of energy that indicates the amount of energy contained in food?
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∙ 11y ago
The recommended unit for any type of energy is, of course, the joule. The older unit, calorie, is still often used for food. If spelled with a capital "C", "Calorie", it usually means a kilocalorie.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoAny unit of energy can be used to describe the energy content of food.
The most common in the USA is the kilocalorie ('large' calorie).
The most common in the rest of the world is the joule.
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∙ 8y agoThe official unit for energy - any type of energy, including food energy - is the joule. Other units for energy include the calorie (still used sometimes for food energy), and the kilowatt-hour, among others.
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∙ 8y agoThe name calorie is used for two units of energy. The small calorie is also often used for measurements in chemistry.
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∙ 10y agoTraditionally, the unit was the kilo-calorie, but commonly just referred to as calorie. Today's SI unit is the Joule.
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Calorie: The a unit of energy used to measure the energy in nutrition/food and 1 Calorie is equal to 1000 kilocalories.
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∙ 15y agoCalories or kcal. joule
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∙ 7y agoThat is the definition of calories.
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∙ 12y agoCalories
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The number of kilocalories in a food indicates the amount of energy in the foods you eat.
What does the number of kilocalories in a food indicate the amount of?
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True
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Yes, true
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Why is food an energy?
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