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The dominant thinking for more than two decades was that the obese gained weight because they burned fewer calories.
Mainly, they ate more total calories, especially in the form of snacks.
Since it takes 2,100 calories to raise a gallon of water one degree, 0.12 gallons of water will absorb about 12,000 calories in the process of warming from 32° to 80°.
Currently, however, many a denizen of the United States regards light (also spelled lite ) as a label that indicates that a beer is lower in calories than its nonlight counterparts.
For example, Weight Watchers' Smart Ones Fiesta Chicken has only 2 grams of fat and 210 calories.