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Endocrinology · Internal Medicine

Resting Metabolic Rate (Mifflin–St Jeor) calculator

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  • Sex
  • Age (years)Accepted range: 18 to 100
  • Height (cm)Accepted range: 120 to 230
  • Body weight (kg)Accepted range: 30 to 300

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Mifflin MD et al. A new predictive equation for resting energy expenditure in healthy individuals. Am J Clin Nutr. DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/51.2.241. PMID: 2305711. Scope: resting metabolic rate (kcal/day) = 10 × weight (kg) + 6.25 × height (cm) − 5 × age (years) + 5 for men or −161 for women. (1990)

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