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caloric

caloric

8 5.3
Relating to the number of calories in food
  • adjective
  • /kəˈlɔrɪk/
translation icon : calórico
  • One is you can eat less, and that's called caloric restriction.
  • caloric intake
  • caloric restriction
  • caloric expenditure

One is you can eat less, and that's called caloric restriction.

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Examples

  • So you want to choose food when you're dieting for fat loss, creating a caloric deficit that does at least two things for you.

  • Thus, the birds must eat more to meet their daily caloric requirement.

    Academic text (1993)
  • So I gotta find something that is not too caloric but tasty.

  • So more often than not there is a low caloric intake.

  • We could reduce caloric intake by 25 percent, protein by 40 percent.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • "We wanted to examine in detail how children regulate their caloric intake, meal to meal and day to day."

    Academic text (2004)
  • There were no significant differences in BMI, activity, or caloric intake.

    Academic text (2013)
  • One of the things that has been seen that brings about a change in metabolism is caloric restriction.

  • And, and most diets are very efficient in reducing weight in the short term because they involve caloric restriction.

  • Many people choose low-carb diets because they want to reduce their caloric intake.

Synonyms

calorific
vscaloric
6.1

High in calories and so giving a lot of energy when eaten

relates to the number or measurement of energy rather than high amount

How Caloric

calorific
6.1
caloric
8 5.3
low-cal
  • Informal
5 3.1
noncaloric
  • Specialized
6.3
calorie-free
1 2.6

Surface Forms

caloric positive

Morphology

caloric = calorie (transparent) = calor + ic

The adjective 'caloric' is clearly derived from 'calorie' with the suffix '-ic', indicating a relation to calories.

Etymology

Caloric comes from the Latin root calor meaning 'heat', and it shares the same root as calorie, the unit that measures food 'energy' as heat. So when we talk about caloric intake we mean the energy in food.