Pedometer & kcal help?

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I bought an Omron HJ - 105 pedometer and it has a function where it's supposed to show you how many calories you've burned. It says I walked 110 setps and burned 11 kcal? What is a kcal? Anyone help?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,081 Member
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    It's an abbreviation.

    1 kcal = 1 Calorie = 1000 calories. Common usage in the US is that a calorie is the same as a kcal (as far as nutrition labels are concerned ~Google.
  • bethyylovee
    bethyylovee Posts: 54 Member
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    So 11kcal is 11 calories?