calories
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The skipped meals and scarce calories soon showed when Kildunne returned to organised rugby.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
We carry phones that track our steps and wear rings and watches that monitor our heart rate, the calories we burn and the quality of our sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Three staple crops – corn, wheat and rice – supply more than half of the world’s dietary calories.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
It contains almost no calories, delivers about 80% of the sweetness of regular sugar, and has little effect on insulin levels.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
A heavy feeling like you get when you eat more calories than you can bum off efficiently came down inside of me.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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