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kcals?

kennedar
kennedar Posts: 306 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am about to order pizza for the family and wanted to check how many calories were in it so I could see if I can have a slice. The website says 1 slice of medium pizza is 200kcal. Is that the same thing as 200 calories? When I google it, I get that 1 kcal = 1000 calories, but there is no way that a piece of pizza is 200,000 calories! It may be bad, but it is not that bad!!

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  • mindymoe1
    mindymoe1 Posts: 65
    i read that kcal and regulare clories were the same thing
  • Navie42
    Navie42 Posts: 152
    kcal is a term typically used in the UK, as it is denoting a\ unit of energy that is 1 kcal = 4184 Joules (an energy unit). If it says it is 200 kcal, it is 200 calories, which is equal to the aforementioned quantity of joules.
  • kennedar
    kennedar Posts: 306 Member
    Sweet thanks! That means I can have 2 slices and not feel bad at all!
  • sharonmac
    sharonmac Posts: 119
    I Just looked it up and it looks like 1 slice of a med cheese pizza is 200 cal
  • G_in_Austin
    G_in_Austin Posts: 10
    Ditto. "kcal" is usually used in physics and engineering. It is equivalent to a dietary "calorie".
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