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Fatsecret was founded in 2006 in Melbourne, Australia by Lenny Moses and Rodney Moses. [1] As of 2019, Lenny serves as the company's CEO. [2] The company is known for its calorie counting and meal tracking app, and by April 2016, the company claimed to have 45 million users of its services.
CalorieKing was founded as Family Health Publications in 1973 in Australia by Allan Borushek, biochemist and clinical dietitian, with the publication of the first Australian Calorie, Fat, & Carb Counter. In 1988, the book was published in the United States, selling more than 10,000,000 copies.
The Harris–Benedict equation (also called the Harris-Benedict principle) is a method used to estimate an individual's basal metabolic rate (BMR).. The estimated BMR value may be multiplied by a number that corresponds to the individual's activity level; the resulting number is the approximate daily kilocalorie intake to maintain current body weight.
The first U.S. menu item calorie labeling law was enacted in 2008 in New York City. [4] California was the first state to enact a calorie count law, which occurred in 2009. [5] Restaurants that do not comply can be fined up to $2,000. [6] Other localities and states have passed similar laws. [7]
Included for each food is its weight in grams, its calories, and (also in grams,) the amount of protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fat, and saturated fat. [1] As foods vary by brands and stores, the figures should only be considered estimates, with more exact figures often included on product labels.
Taller worked as a obstetrician and gynaecologist in New York. [3] He was influenced by the low-carbohydrate dietary ideas of Alfred W. Pennington. [3] In the early 1960s he developed a low-carbohydrate diet consisting of several high-fat meals a day such as red meat, fried chicken and mayonnaise with a high-dose of polyunsaturated fat in the form of safflower oil capsules which he argued ...
Rank Country Average daily dietary energy consumption per capita [8]; Kilojoules (kJ) Year 1 Ireland 16,250 2018 2 United States 15,820 2018 3 Belgium 15,770 2018 4 Turkey
The CRON-diet (Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition) [1] is a nutrient-rich, reduced calorie diet developed by Roy Walford, Lisa Walford, and Brian M. Delaney. [2] The CRON-diet involves calorie restriction in the hope that the practice will improve health and retard aging, while still attempting to provide the recommended daily amounts of various nutrients. [3]