Resting Metabolic Rate
Continued from What is Body Composition?
Resting Metabolic Rate How much fuel, in calories, your body consumes each day just maintaining basic health.
How it’s measured You fast overnight, and in the morning, before you eat anything, you’re hooked up to a respirator.
Usually a clip is placed over your nose, forcing you to breathe through your mouth into a long plastic tube.
The respirator then measures how much oxygen you breathe in and CO2 you breathe out; these numbers let the computer calculate how efficiently your body burns calories when you’re not exercising.
How it’s used This test calculates the number of calories you can eat each day without gaining pounds; it’s the basis for any smart weight-loss program.
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