consuming
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They have proven successful in eliminating unwanted pounds more quickly and easily than consuming fewer and burning more calories alone.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024
For example, if voles are getting more of their energy from belowground sources, they may be consuming fewer plants, which could increase carbon storage in aboveground ecosystems.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024
Unrealistic recommended serving sizes can mislead people into thinking they are consuming fewer calories, and less fat, sugar or salt, than they actually are, Which? says.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023
This means consuming fewer calories than your body uses, or exercising to burn more calories than you consume.
From Scientific American • Jul. 13, 2023
But despite this apparent munificence, the meat he’d been killing was very lean, and he was consuming fewer calories than he was burning.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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