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Nutrition · Internal Medicine · ICU and Critical Care

Basal Energy Expenditure (Harris-Benedict) calculator

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0/1

Allowed range: 0–1 0/1

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lb

Allowed range: 66.14–440.92 lb

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in

Allowed range: 47.24–86.61 in

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years

Allowed range: 18–100 years

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Clinical inputs

  • Sex (1=female, 0=male) (0/1)Accepted range: 0 to 1
  • Weight (kg)Accepted range: 30 to 200
  • Height (cm)Accepted range: 120 to 220
  • Age (years)Accepted range: 18 to 100

Primary source

Adequacy of basal metabolic rate prediction equations in individuals with severe obesity: A systematic review (restates Harris-Benedict). PMID: 38548479. Scope: men BEE = 66.473 + 13.7516*wt + 5.0033*ht - 6.755*age; women = 655.0955 + 9.5634*wt + 1.8496*ht - 4.6756*age. (2024)

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