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 ...

News flash: Your body is burning calories all day (and night) long. Yep! By simply existing, you're torching calories. But how many cals you burn to sustain these bodily functions depends on one major ...

In fitness and nutrition, we're no stranger to a good acronym. From AMRAP to BMI, DOMS to LISS, we love whittling down key lingo to just the bare bones. The latest to add to your collection? TDEE, or ...

For more than 30 years we have been wedded to the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the sole criterion for deciding whether someone is obese or not. It is used by most health authorities to classify both ...

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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 ...