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 Basal metabolic rate (BMR) accounts for about 60% of the ...

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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 ...

YOU BURN CALORIES all day long as your body carries out its normal functions, like breathing and digestion. Physical activity, whether it’s a workout or running errands, can increase the burn. All of ...

A reanalysis of data presented by Henneman (1983) to examine the relationship between intrinsic rate of increase and basal metabolism suggests there is no statistically significant correlation between ...