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Basal Metabolic Rate Calculator – Metric

Make use of basal metabolic rate calculator to determine your minimum energy if you were to stay in bed all day.
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Basal Metabolic Rate Calculator-2

Make use of basal metabolic rate calculator to determine your minimum energy if you were to stay in bed all day.
 … Continue reading

Body Fat Index Calculator – Metric

Make use of body fat index calculator to determine your percentage of body fat. The formulas used to determine the percentages are based on research conducted by the US Navy.  Hips value is for women only.  For men, leave this value to 0.… Continue reading

Basal Metabolic Rate

Each moment of your life, you expend energy no matter what you’re doing. Even something as simple as taking a breath or picking up a feather requires energy. Your basal metabolic rate, BMR, represents the minimum energy required to sustain your daily bodily functions and is based on you remaining at rest all day– yes, the ultimate couch potato.
 

Knowing your BMR value, measured in calories, helps to establish an important energy baseline for creating a program for burning fat. This value, along with other factors, is used to determine the total number of calories you consume to maintain your present weight. It is an important value in a weight loss program since it may represent up to 70% of the calories you burned in a day.

The value is dependent on such factors as gender, age, weight, height, lean mass and body surface area. The equation applied most uses only gender, age, weight and height to determine the value. As such, the following equations are used to determine the BMR for women and men. Once calculated, this value is used to determine your total daily caloric needs.… Continue reading

Basal Metabolic Rate Calculator

Make use of basal metabolic rate calculator to determine your minimum energy if you were to stay in bed all day.
 … Continue reading

Body Fat Index Calculator

Make use of body fat index calculator to determine your percentage of body fat. The formulas used to determine the percentages are based on research conducted by the US Navy.  Hips value is for women only.  For men, leave this value to 0.… Continue reading

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