k-cal vs calories
karenCalandro
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I have just bought a new pedometer and it uses k-cal instead of calories burned. Does anyone know how many calories i burned if it says 35 k-cal
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They are the same. The k-cal is the proper name. It consists of 1000 calories more commonly known as small calories which is a unit to measure how much energy is require to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.0
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They are the same. The k-cal is the proper name. It consists of 1000 calories more commonly known as small calories which is a unit to measure how much energy is require to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.
^^this...we americans just like to change everything from what the rest of the world uses0 -
THANKS!!!0
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