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What Is Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)?
Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the minimum level of energy your body needs when at rest to function effectively. This includes
the functioning of your
respiratory and circulatory organs, neural system, liver, kidneys, and other organs. You continue to burn calories even when sleeping.
About 70% of the calories your body uses every day are used by your basal metabolism. In addition, energy is used when doing any
kind of activity. The more vigorous the activity, the more calories are burned. This is because skeletal muscle (which accounts for
approximately 40% of your body weight) acts as your metabolic engine and uses a large amount of energy. Your basal metabolism is
greatly affected by the amount of muscle you have, so increasing your muscle mass helps increase your basal metabolism.
By studying healthy individuals, scientists have found that people's metabolic rate change as they age. Basal metabolism rises as a
child grows. After peaking at the age of around 16 or 17, it typically starts to gradually decrease.
Having a higher basal metabolism increases the number of calories used and helps decrease the amount of body fat. A low basal
metabolic rate makes it harder to lose body fat and overall weight.
How Does a Tanita Body Composition Monitor Calculate BMR?
The basic method of calculating Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is a standard equation that uses weight and age.
Tanita has conducted in-depth clinical research into the relationship of BMR and body composition resulting in a much more accurate
and personalized reading for the user based on impedance measurements. This method has been medically validated using indirect
calorimetry (measuring breathcomposition).*
*Reliability of the equation for Basal Metabolic Rate:At 2002 Nutrition Week: Scientific and Clinical Forum and Exposition
Title: International Comparison: Resting Energy Expenditure Prediction Models:
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
What Is Metabolic Age?
This function calculates your BMR and indicates the average age associated with the type of metabolism.
If your metabolic age is higher than your actual age, it is an indication that you need to improve your metabolic rate. Increased
exercise
builds healthy muscle tissue, which improves your metabolic age.
The reading is shown as a number between 12 and 90. Values under 12 are displayed as "12" and over 90 are displayed as "90".
(Applicable age 18-99)
(Applicable age 18-99)
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