Average Calories per Day: What Adults Eat and Burn
Average calories per day: US men eat 2,330 kcal and women 1,760, yet adults burn about 2,437 kcal. See UK, Canada and Australia data and why they differ.
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Daniel Reyes · · 5 min readHow Many Calories Do You Burn Walking a Mile?
How many calories do you burn walking a mile? About 89 kcal at 70 kg and 3 mph, 65 above resting. See a chart by pace and body weight.
Daniel Reyes · · 4 min readHow Many Calories to Maintain Weight? Find Your Number
How many calories to maintain weight? About 2,000 kcal for women and 2,500 for men, or work out yours with the 2023 NASEM equation. Step-by-step.
Daniel Reyes · · 6 min readWalking Apps for Weight Loss: What Step Counts Can and Cannot Tell You
What a walking app for weight loss can do: count steps well, calories badly. See 10,000 steps at three weights and a seven-point checklist.
Daniel Reyes · · 9 min readSedentary Activity Factor 1.2: Is This TDEE Multiplier Right?
The sedentary activity factor of 1.2 in a TDEE multiplier sits below measured sedentary adults (PAL 1.4–1.7). See the numbers, the gap in kcal and a fix.
Daniel Reyes · · 6 min readHow to Calculate a Calorie Deficit
How to calculate calorie deficit: find maintenance with the NASEM equation, subtract 550 kcal for 0.5 kg a week, then check it against your weigh-ins.
Daniel Reyes · · 7 min readCalories Burned Walking: Per Mile, per Hour and per Step
Calories burned walking: a 70 kg adult uses about 89 kcal per mile at 3 mph and 266 kcal an hour. Tables by pace and weight, plus kcal per step.
Daniel Reyes · · 6 min readHow Many Calories Does Weight Lifting Burn?
How many calories does weight lifting burn? About 123 kcal in 30 minutes at 70 kg, up to 210 kcal if hard. See a table for three body weights.
Daniel Reyes · · 5 min readWhat Is TDEE? Total Daily Energy Expenditure Explained
What is TDEE? It is every calorie you burn in 24 hours: 45–70% resting, plus digesting food and movement. See a worked breakdown for one adult.
Daniel Reyes · · 5 min readHow Many Calories Is a Pound of Body Fat? Why 3,500 Misleads
How many calories is a pound of body fat? About 3,500 kcal, or 7,700 per kg. See where it comes from and why it overstates loss over months.
Daniel Reyes · · 6 min readCalorie Counter Watch: Can It Count What You Eat?
A calorie counter watch measures calories burned, not eaten. Where Apple, Fitbit and Garmin log food, and why bite counts track calories at only 0.44.
Daniel Reyes · · 5 min readDoes Apple Health Have a Food Tracker?
Does Apple Health have a food tracker? No. It can store 39 kinds of nutrition data that apps write, plus values you type. See what Apple's pages say.
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