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Most online calorie calculators run the same 1990 formula, then multiply it by a guess about how active you are, and that guess drives most of the difference between them.
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TDEE , total daily energy expenditure, is the calories you burn in a day.
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Mifflin-St Jeor (1990), using weight in kg, height in cm and age in years: Men: 10 x weight + 6.25 x height - 5 x age + 5 Women: 10 x…
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Level Description Multiplier Sedentary Desk job, little exercise 1.2 Lightly active Light exercise 1 to 3 days a week 1.375 Moderately…
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A 40-year-old woman, 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) and 180 lb (81.6 kg): BMR = 10 x 81.6 + 6.25 x 165.1 - 5 x 40 - 161 = about 1,487 calories…
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Studies comparing Mifflin-St Jeor with measured resting energy found it was usually within about 10% for most people, but less accurate for…
How total daily energy expenditure is estimated: Mifflin-St Jeor and Katch-McArdle, activity multipliers, a worked example and why calculators disagree.
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