calorie budget
Daily eating limit
A calorie budget is the total number of calories a person aims to consume in a day, treating food intake like a financial allowance.
The concept frames eating decisions as spending choices: I blew half my calorie budget on that muffin.
Like a financial budget, it implies tracking and trade-offs—indulging now means cutting back later.
- deficitAmount still owed
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
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Intake exceeds expenditure
overeating · binge eating · gluttony · overindulgence · gorging
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Diet-free body-responsive eating
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Excessive uncontrolled food intake
compulsive eating · emotional eating · stress eating · grazing
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