Calories

The calorie is a unit of energy defined as the amount of heat needed to raise a quantity of water by one degree of temperature. For historical reasons, two main definitions of calorie are in wide use. The small calorie or gram calorie (usually denoted cal) is the amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius (or one kelvin). The large calorie, food calorie, or kilocalorie (Cal, calorie or kcal), most widely used in nutrition, is the amount of heat needed to cause the same increase in one kilogram of …

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World Bank Group · 17 April 2024 English

With nearly 420 million children reached worldwide, school meals are among the largest-scale social protection interventions. This paper traces the evolution of school meals programs globally, examines the empirical evidence …

revised to provide cooked mid-day meal with 300 calories and 8-12 grams of protein to all children studying


TSP: The Shift Project · 16 April 2024 French

Face au problème du climat et de la sortie des énergies fossiles, il est à nos yeux indispensable de commencer par interpréter l’économie en termes de joules, de tonnes et …

portent sur le goût, mais aussi sur l’apport en calories et en protéines. Le passage à une offre végétarienne


Fern · 11 April 2024 English

1 & : : : : € : ? ? ? ? : DISCLAIMER: This publication was produced with the assistance of the Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) …

% % ( ) – • : • : % ( %) • : o ( ) o € o ( ) 3 Calories are calculated on average adult male consumption;


PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 11 April 2024 English

Climate stabilization is crucial for restabilizing the Earth system but should not undermine biosphere integrity, a second pillar of Earth system functioning. This is of particular con- cern if it …

mean in Melo et al. (2022)) for maintaining the calories produced, a fraction of the land would be considered


UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 11 April 2024 English

The contraction of household incomes since the onset of the pandemic and the political crisis shows no sign of recovery. Respondents of the People’s Pulse Survey 2023 (PPS), conducted between …

62 percent, respectively, of urban and rural calories consumed,14 increased by 45 percent in 2022.15


CE Delft · 10 April 2024 English

The costs to society are considered as ‘external costs’ by producers and consumers: yet society pays the bill in the form of a reduction of the overall level of welfare. …

and fodder for animals. While providing 20% of calories of an average person in the world, it takes up


World Bank Group · 10 April 2024 English

In 2022, the Caribbean experienced an extraordinary inflation surge not seen in over a decade, hitting Caribbean households just as they were recovering from the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 …

food for adequate nutrition (usually about 2,100 calories per person per day) is estimated using household


The Health Foundation · 10 April 2024 English

to represent evidence to licensing committees. [...] The policy was found to reduce the number of calories and the amount of sugar and fat consumed from high in fat, salt and sugar products per household89

The policy was found to reduce the number of calories and the amount of sugar and fat consumed from with an added parameter or cap based on total calories per item. The volume bought by consumers could


World Bank Group · 5 April 2024 English

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are increasingly placing significant health and economic burdens on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Primary care serves as the initial point of contact for individuals seeking medical …

(including sugar, total fat, saturated fat, sodium, and calories) specified thresholds (see Figure 3). In addition


World Bank Group · 5 April 2024 English

Understanding the economic costs attributable to unhealthy diets is crucial to inform health and agrifood investments in low- and middle-income countries experiencing nutrition transition. To review the current evidence on …

are universal: i) adequacy in amount of energy (calories) and essential nutrients, ii) diversity of food


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