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“Even though they’re calorically the same thing, there’s a completely different story that’s being told,” said Americus Reed II, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

It says: what if we let women take up space — physically, energetically, calorically — and celebrated them not in spite of that, but because of it?

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

“I would never be able to recommend to someone that they follow something this calorically reduced,” Ali Eberhardt, a registered dietitian working with government eating disorder programs since 2011, told Vice.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Moreover, a calorically dense diet could pave the way to obesity.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2022

Do give my greetings—graduated calorically as your judgment suggests—to the many friends in your neighborhood who have forgotten me.

From Letters of Franklin K. Lane by Wall, Louise Herrick