Scientists said it made losing weight challenging as missing meals made calorific food even more appealing.

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For dessert, a sublime ice cream studded with sugar cane fudge is a calorific killer but hard to resist.

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That makes it easier to digest, so even though the stuff is no more calorific, the body uses fewer calories dealing with it.

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With the right app, service or device, it's never been easier to track our personal finances, home energy use, media consumption, calorific intake or miles walked.

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This, some researchers hypothesise, might be encouraged by children inheriting epigenetic patterns appropriate to the diets of their parents but inappropriate to the different, more calorific diets those children are enjoying thanks to the abundance of modern life.

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Officials know perfectly well that passengers will already have imbibed all the fructarian juices imaginable on the ground and will welcome the alternative of these expensively imported, highly calorific pop drinks to keep their energy levels up during random in-flight activities like mass seat changes and locating serviceable toilets.

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