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There goes dinner (crazypeople.online)
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[–] 0 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Why is this downvoted? 1kcal = 1000 cal. So 2500kcal = 2500 * 1000 cal.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    It is, which is only 2,500 Calories (like, the ones on food)

    It's a crappy system where kcal and Calories are the same thing even though they sound like they are off by a factor of 1000

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie?wprov=sfla1

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Yes, 2500 Calories with a capital C. 2500 Calories = 2 500 000 calories. So the correction is valid, but for some reason being downvoted.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Probably because it’s unnecessary and pedantic. No one is confused when someone is technically incorrect and types “calories” when talking about food.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    From the Wikipedia link above

    In the United States and Canada, in a nutritional context, the "large" unit is used almost exclusively.

    In the European Union, on nutrition facts labels, energy is expressed in both kilojoules and kilocalories, abbreviated as "kJ" and "kcal" respectively.

    So yeah, it's confusing if you're not American.

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