What does Garmin have against "active calories"?

I have calories on At A Glance. Does than not work for you?

Active calories? I only see option to add "Calories in Calories out" which is not what I want

Yes. Active calories.

Weird it's not an option for me. Here is a screen grab of the ones they give me as options to add.

I added Calories In/Out

Granted, it is an extra step to see active calories.

Right so "Active Calories" is not on your "In focus." It's "In Out" which I don't understand, don't care about, and doesnt seem to mean anything if you aren't using MyFirnessPal. 

It's there, but it's an extra step to get to it. Tap Calories In/Out then look at Active. I'm not using MFP either.

If you don't want the extra step you can address it with Garmin Product Support or submit a request - Share Ideas | Garmin

It could happen some day.

Yeah my point is this is easily in the top 3 metrics I want to see and I don't understand why it's so many steps to get to. Before this recent update it was visible on the home screen. 

The Calories In/Out was at least previously only visible when you were connected to MFP. I only got a "Calories burned" card showing just total, active and rest calories.

Try disconnecting MFP or connecting it and disconnecting it if you aren't connected.

I did a test now. I had the Calories burned card. I installed and connected MFP and the card changed to Calories In/Out. I then disconnected MFP and the card switched back to Calories burned.

The FAQ page for the new connect app homescreen shows a screenshot of calories burned in the glances section.

There appears to be no way to do this under the Edit and Add options.