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Basal Metabolic Rate (Mifflin-St Jeor Equation)

Gender
Age
years
Height
cm
Weight
kg
BMR:
kcal

Calculation Formula

For Males: BMR (kcal) = 10 × weight (kg) + 6.25 × height (cm) - 5 × age (y) + 5

For Females: BMR (kcal) = 10 × weight (kg) + 6.25 × height (cm) - 5 × age (y) - 161

Explanation

Basal Metabolic Rate, or BMR, refers to the rate of energy expenditure per unit time by endothermic animals at rest. It is the amount of energy per unit time that a person needs to keep the body functioning while at rest.

References

Research Paper Mifflin MD, Jeor St ST, Hill LA et al. A new predictive equation for resting energy expenditure in healthy individuals. Am J Clin Nutr 1990;51:241–247. Research Paper Zhu Danian, Wang Tinghuai, et al. Physiology (9th Edition). Beijing: People's Medical Publishing House. 2018.
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