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Collocations for calorie - noun

ADJECTIVE

excess, extra
empty
Alcohol has a lot of empty calories.
daily
total
carbohydrate, fat
Try to reduce the percentage of fat calories (= calories from fat) in your diet.

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VERB + calorie

contain, have
consume, eat, ingest
burn, burn off, expend
You need to exercise more to burn off the calories.
cut, restrict
a calorie-restricted diet
count, watch
I don't count calories, but I am careful about what I eat.
I'm trying to watch my calories at the moment.

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calorie + NOUN

consumption, content, intake
foods with a high calorie content
burn (esp. AmE), expenditure
Mile per mile you get the same calorie burn from walking as from running.

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PHRASES

high in calories, low in calories
Vegetables are relatively low in calories.

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