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What is the Basal Metabolic Rate and it%u2019s relation to a person%u2019s calorie expenditure

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troy August 30, 2013 0 Comments

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Trainer0 Posted 0 Comments

BMR as it relates to caloric expenditure is a percentage of the total caloric output of the person for 1 day.

People expend calories through a couple different ways:

1) life supporting functions (respiration, heart beat, etc)

2) Daily movement (work, walking, eating, etc)

3) Exercise (workouts, possibly teaching, etc)

To make it simple BMR is the #1 out of those 3.

Hope that helps!

-Trainer Tim

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Kai0 Posted 0 Comments

In a nutshell, BMR is how many calories you burn at a resting rate to sustain bodily functions necessary to life. TDEE is the BMR + calories expended carrying out daily activities.

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Karin-2 Posted 0 Comments

Hi Troy,QDSYP

here is a link with a quick google search to Wikipedia which should answer all your questions about BMR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_metabolic_rate.

Karin Singleton
www.meltnc.com

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Harris12 Posted 0 Comments

Hi Troy,

Would mind type the question again? There are few characters that are missing.

Thanks.

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