How to Use calorie in a Sentence

calorie

noun
  • Plus, said serving size adds less than one calorie to your meal.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Exercise plays only a tiny percentage of our daily calorie burn.
    Valerie Pavilonis, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Some wearables also detect other metrics, such as steps, floors climbed, stride length, calories burned, and sleep quality.
    Alyssa Hui, Health, 21 Oct. 2024
  • In 2017, Bill de Blasio required chain restaurants to post calorie counts on menus.
    New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Key Takeaways In a small new study, participants who walked at a steady pace burned fewer calories than those who made lots of stops and starts.
    Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Bay specializes in making brash, cacophonous, high-calorie, low-nutrition fast-food cinema.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Deeply depressed, the man embarks on a desperate mission to save the business and starts selling low-calorie sweets, as well as hiring refugees to work in the factory.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Tabata training is one of the most efficient ways to accomplish maximal calorie and fat burning in minimal time.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Unlike other popular diets, the Mediterranean diet doesn't involve strict rules like calorie counting or macro tracking.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Such stressors include caloric restriction or intermittent fasting, where people have fewer calories per day or take long breaks from eating without reducing their overall calories.
    Matt Fuchs, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The remote keeps track of the time, calories burned, etc.
    Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Take a break from the crowds and work off the calories with a swan boat ride.
    Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Over 40% of our calories come from rice, wheat, and corn alone.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 4 May 2023
  • The party crowd works off the calories during the day to hit the night life on the Hip Strip by night.
    Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Just stick to one bar at a time, since too many can load on the calories, says Gomer.
    Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Adding two patties and more sauce adds more fat and calories to the Big Mac.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Once puppies reach the age of 4 months, their calorie needs change.
    Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Still, the bears burn calories—sometimes more than 4,000 per day.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
  • It is prepared with lots of cream cheese and blue cheese which can ramp up the calories and fat.
    Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Yes, this was Padres-Dodgers Light with some of the taste and none of the regular-season calories.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Sucralose gives it its sweetness and keeps the calorie count at 10 per can.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • That brings their entire calorie intake for the day to around 800.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2022
  • One of our favorite high-calorie snacks is overnight oats.
    Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Those high-fat foods have nine calories per gram of fat, which is more than that found in carbs and proteins.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health, 5 June 2023
  • Get more bang for your bite with our best low-calorie recipes―all 500 calories (or less!).
    Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2022
  • What item on the McDonald’s menu has the highest calorie count?
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2022
  • The rules also set standards for calories, sugars and fats in these foods.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Use Keto Snack Size tortillas (to keep carbs and calories down).
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Eat enough calories to sustain you, as not eating enough can lead to hair loss.
    Kathleen Felton, Health, 3 Jan. 2024
  • There will also be gluten-free and gluten-reduced beers, low-calorie IPAs, hard ciders and spiked seltzers.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2023

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