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The energy value of food is measured in units of heat called ________________.

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Calories! ......... :)

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In a popular use of the term calorie, dietitians loosely use it to mean the kilocalorie, sometimes called the kilogram calorie, or large Calorie (equal to 1,000 calories), inmeasuring the calorific, heating, or metabolizing value of foods.

calorie is the answer

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