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Your body is burning calories all day (and night) long. By simply existing, your body uses calories. But exactly how many cals you burn just to stay alive depends on one major factor: basal metabolic ...

Monitoring your health begins with understanding your body composition, and one of the simplest ways to do that is by using a BMI calculator.

What the Metabolic Rate Calculator Does: This tool tells you how many calories a day you burn at rest. That figure is your basal metabolic rate, or the amount of your energy your body needs to ...

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The number of calories a person burns each day varies depending on a person’s weight, height, sex, and activity levels. One way of calculating a person’s daily calorie usage is the Harris-Benedict ...

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The body continues to burn calories during sleep to sustain life and essential bodily functions. A person can use a specific formula to estimate how many calories they burn at night. Even when resting ...

Vol. 77, No. 6, Sixth International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Symposium Papers: Evolution and Advantages of Endothermy (November/December 2004), pp. 929-941 (13 pages) ...

Alena is a professional writer, editor and manager with a lifelong passion for helping others live well. She is also a registered yoga teacher (RYT-200) and a functional medicine certified health ...

Understanding the inner workings of your bod can be overwhelming. I get it. But whether you're trying to boost your metabolism, track your fitness progress, or focus on a weight management plan, it’s ...