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Diet & Nutrition
Professor finds that confusion about calories is nothing new
December 11th, 2006
While enjoying a Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family, most try to avoid thinking about the seemingly unending number of calories they're consuming. James L. Hargrove, associate professor of foods and nutrition in the University of Georgia's College of Family and Consumer Sciences, said many nutritionists aren't even sure of the true origin of the calorie (or why it's supposed to be capitalized). "We all teach this unit, and nobody knows where it came from, not even the historians of nutrition," he said. After this realization, Hargrove began studying the origins of the calorie. He details his findings in a study to be published in the...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2006-12-11)
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