nutritionist's calorie

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	Definition:		[n]  a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
	Synonyms:		Calorie, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie
	See Also:		energy unit, gram calorie, heat unit, small calorie, work unit