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CALORIC INTAKE [4 records]

Record 1 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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Record 2 2017-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

Drunkorexia [is] a term coined to refer to condition of binge drinking combined with the typical self-imposed starvation seen with anorexia nervosa. It has also been used to refer to individuals who use purging(as seen with bulimia nervosa) to try to reduce caloric intake to offset the calories consumed in alcohol.

OBS

The term "drunkorexia" is not a recognized medical term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Mode d'alcoolisation qui consiste, afin de ressentir l'ivresse plus rapidement, à réduire, voire à suspendre son alimentation.

CONT

Alcoolorexie : Ne pas manger pour être ivre plus vite. D'après une étude de l'Université du Missouri, une étudiante américaine sur six saute des repas pour ressentir plus rapidement les effets de l'alcool et «faire de la place» pour les calories des boissons alcoolisées.

OBS

Le terme «alcoolorexie» n'est pas un terme médical reconnu.

OBS

alcoolorexie : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 6 avril 2016.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
CONT

In an effort to lose weight, some people will try anything, including ill-advised weight loss methods like crash dieting. A crash diet is a diet that severely restricts caloric intake. In fact, these diets often restrict caloric intake so much that the dieter is bordering on starvation. In return for practically starving themselves, dieters are promised dramatic weight loss in just days or weeks. For example, a crash diet may offer dieters the chance to lose 10 to 20 pounds in just five to seven days and even more in the weeks to come.

CONT

There’s a lot to worry about with crash dieting, as it deprives a person of the nutrients and calories they need for optimum health and survival. Many people think of calories negatively, but a person actually needs a certain number of calories to maintain basic bodily functions, such as breathing. When a person consumes too few calories because of a crash diet, they may actually put their health at serious risk. Many crash diets require a person to consume less than 1200 calories per day, and some even go as low as 700 or 800 calories daily. For the average person, this is simply too few calories.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
DEF

Régime alimentaire qui vise une réduction très rapide du poids.

OBS

Il faut se méfier des régimes-chocs; leur effet est souvent de courte durée.

OBS

Le terme «régime-choc» est entériné par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada et le Secrétariat d'État du Canada.

Key term(s)
  • régime choc

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
DEF

Dieta de corta duración para perder peso con [...] resultados rápidos y visibles en muy poco tiempo.

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Record 4 1997-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
DEF

Necessary amount of calories per day to maintain a normal and constant weight.

CONT

The latter is best estimated from simultaneous consideration of weight and caloric intake during a certain period of time.

CONT

Iron, however, remained a concern for individuals who have high iron needs and relatively low calorie intakes, such as young children and menstruating, pregnant, or lactating women.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
DEF

Nombre de calories nécessaires par jour pour maintenir un poids normal et constant.

CONT

[...] un chien qui reçoit une ration dépassant de 50 pour 100 celle de ses besoins, c'est-à-dire celle qui assurerait la constante de son poids, présente après ingestion des aliments une augmentation de ses échanges respiratoires de 20 pour 100 s'il a fait un repas riche en protéines, de 10 pour 100 si l'apport calorique était essentiellement constitué par des farineux, de 6 pour 100 s'il était composé surtout de graisses.

CONT

Les rations caloriques recommandées pendant l'enfance et l'adolescence sont basées en grande partie sur les résultats d'enquêtes sur la consommation des aliments.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
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