Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the calories your body burns at rest. Knowing your BMR can help determine how many calories you ...

Your basal metabolic rate (BMR) reflects the calories you need to live with minimal movement. It can be confused with resting metabolic rate (RMR), which looks at calories with zero movement. You can ...

A person burns calories continually throughout the day in order to sustain basic life functions, such as breathing. Basal metabolic rate is an estimate of the minimum number of calories a person needs ...

Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DOMedically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO The basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the ...

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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Knowing your BMR can help you more accurately determine the amount of calories you need to eat a day to lose weight. Oscar Wong/Getty Images ...

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Basal metabolic rate (BMR) accounts for about 60% of the calories you burn each day. To calculate your BMR, you should use the Mifflin-St. Jeor equation, which is the most accurate. Knowing your BMR ...