CALORIE

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Nugent, Pam M.S.
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n. a unit of heat energy which fuels the human body and is burned through the process of metabolism. Also, refers to the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1

CALORIE: "As a potential source of energy, food is usually measured through calorie intake."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. CALORIE
  2. BODY TEMPERATURE
  3. METABOLIC EQUIVALENT
  4. PYROGEN
  5. PROECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR
  6. THERMOGRAPHY
  7. WEIGHT REGULATION
  8. SWEATING
  9. DEEP BODY TEMPERATURE
  10. QUANTUM
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "CALORIE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/calorie/ (accessed July 19, 2018).
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