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CALORIC DEFICIT [2 records]

Record 1 2024-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
  • Sports - General
CONT

Trying to lose weight? You need to be in calorie deficit, and that means eating and drinking fewer calories than you burn. There are two ways to create a calorie deficit: reducing calorie intake – changing what and how much you eat [and] increasing calorie expenditure – in the form of exercise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
  • Sports - Généralités
CONT

Un déficit calorique se produit lorsque vous brûlez plus de calories que vous n'en consommez.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Dietetics
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

Intake of calories occurs for multiple reasons... Perhaps the most important is the net caloric deficit that begins after the digestion of a meal. As calories are used, the increasing deficit that accrues eventually leads to hunger, food seeking, and food ingestion. This component of feeding may be called "homeostatic hunger" because it reflects a true metabolic deficit, and consumption is aimed at maintaining energy stores.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Diététique
  • Hygiène et santé

Spanish

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