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hypercaloric en · ADJ

Etymology

From hyper- + caloric.

Meanings

1. Extremely dense or abundant in calories.
   • Metabolically-normal (n = 12) and metabolically-abnormal (n = 8) obese people, defined as having low or high intrahepatic triglyceride (IHTG) content, respectively, but matched on body mass index (BMI) and fat mass, were prescribed a hypercaloric diet for 7–8 weeks, until they gained ~6% of their initial body weight. 2015, Elisa Fabbrini, Faidon Magkos, “Hepatic Steatosis as a Marker of Metabolic Dysfunction”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 7, →DOI:

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