Calories do not add up
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15092676 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carlos Augusto Monteiro (0000-0002-3777-1533, Universidade de São Paulo), Geoffrey Cannon (Universidade de São Paulo) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 569-570 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Health Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980015000014 |
| PMID | 25665590 |
| OpenAlex | W2159798316 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
'A calorie is a calorie' is an ambiguous phrase. In one sense it is trivially true, as in Gertrude Stein's famous phrase, 'A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose'. In another sense it is obviously questionable, because it assumes no difference between the energy produced by burning food in a bomb calorimeter and that generated by metabolic processes. It also assumes that as far as effect on body weight is concerned, fat is bad because fat by itself is calorie-dense per unit of weight, and carbohydrate and protein are good because they are relatively low in calories. It further assumes that in terms of weight gained or lost, there is no difference between diets that include the same number of kilocalories say from rice, greens and fish, or from French fries, burgers and cola, or from Danish pastries, frappuccinos and gin slings
Calorie · Physics · Computer Science · Diet and metabolism studies · Mathematics · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
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