Daily Calorie Needs

Combines your basal rate with your activity level and goal to give a daily calorie target.

How this is worked out

Mifflin-St Jeor, an activity multiplier, and −500 or +300 kcal for the goal. Weight loss assumes a 500 kcal daily deficit, roughly 0.5 kg a week. The equation is fitted to population averages and can be ±10% out for any one person.

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