BMR – Basal Metabolic Rate


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Physical characteristics
Age (in years)
 Weight (in pounds)

 Height (in inches)

BMR
kcal/day
for men

kcal/day for women

BMR can also be estimated as 70 W0.75 =

kcal/day,
where W is body weight in kilograms.

Physical activity, minutes/day
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Examples include:
Reading
Sitting
Driving
Eating


Examples include:
Walking
Sweeping
Playing Piano
Bicycling (easy)

Examples include:
Fast walk
Dancing
Ping-Pong
Skating


Examples include:
Swimming
Running
Bicycle Race
Basketball


Examples include:
Boxing
Rowing
Mountain climbing

Total Energy Requirement

kcal/day for men

kcal/day for women


Metabolism is the rate at which your body burns calories for energy. Sounds simple doesn’t it? But it’s more complicated than it sounds. The metabolic process, simply put, is a simple math equation. Your body needs a certain amount of calories per day to use for energy. Unused calories turn into fat. So in order to lose weight you need to burn those leftover calories. The only way to burn those calories is to raise your metabolic rate.

There are many different factors that influence how fast your body burns calories or what your metabolic rate is. Everyone starts with a basal metabolic rate, or BMR. That is how fast your body burns up calories if you are not trying to lose weight but are just maintaining your current weight. When you are trying to lose weight you are trying to raise your BMR so that your body is burning more calories for energy.