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Question about the Dog Food Calculator

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  • June 13, 2013 at 8:32 pm #19423 Report Abuse Edit Post Visibility
    yevincent
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    I was using the Dog Food Calculator here, and it said my dog needs 1700 calories/day. If I transfer the unit to Kcal, it is 1.7 Kcal/day. A cup of normal food has 400 kcal. You may find the problem I am talking about. Should the unit “Calories(cal)” be “kilocalories(kcal)” in the Dog Food Calculator?
    Or I misunderstand?
    Thanks

    June 14, 2013 at 8:21 pm #19465 Report Abuse Edit Post Visibility
    theBCnut
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    When we talk about nutrition it is commonly accepted that “calories” is used interchangably with “kilocalories” Scientists use the term appropriately, all others, not so much. So if the dog food calculator says your dog needs 1700 calories then your dog needs 1700 kcal or 4 1/4 cups of that food.

    Same thing when talking about calorie burn during exercise, if you burn 300 “calories”, you have actually burned 300 kcal.

    June 15, 2013 at 12:03 am #19468 Report Abuse Edit Post Visibility
    yevincent
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    get it, thanks, Pattyvaughn~!

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