Basal Metabolism
Basal Metabolism
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Your basal metabolism represents the number of calories your body burns when at rest, but awake, over the course of one day. This number is one of the factors that determines your total calorie needs for the day.

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Kcal calculator. University of Connecticut Health Center website. Available at: http://medicine.uchc.edu/departments/facdev/nutrition/cal.htm

Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine. Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients) (2002). The National Academies Press; 2002. Available at: http://books.nap.edu/books/0309085373/html/96.html#pagetop

Harris J, Benedict F. A biometric study of basal metabolism in man. Washington D.C.: Carnegie Institute of Washington; 1919.