Estimated needs for young children range from 1,000 to 2,000 calories per day, and the range for older children and adolescents varies substantially from 1,400 to 3,200 calories per day, with boys generally having higher calorie needs than girls.
Meaning of âdiatribeâ in the English Dictionary. See all translations. uk â /ËdaÉª.É.traÉªb/ us â /ËdaÉª.É.traÉªb/ formal. âº an angry speech or piece of writing that severely criticizes something or someone: He launched into a long diatribe against the lack of action in Congress.
trite - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; bromidic sermons; his remarks were trite and commonplace; hackneyed phrases; a stock answer; repeating threadbare jokes; parroting some timeworn axiom; the trite metaphor `hard as nails'.