This calculator measures your resting metabolic rate and your activity level. Combined, they show you roughly how many calories you burn each day.

Gender: Male Female Height: Feet Inches Weight: Pounds Age: Activity Level: - Select One - Sedentary Lightly Active Moderately Active Very Active Extemely Active You burn calories each day

Definitions of activity level:

Increasing your activity level will boost your metabolic rate. To lose weight, decrease calories consumed and/or increase calories used by about 500 calories per day.

MEDICAL REVIEW: Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD, April 2007.

SOURCE DOCUMENTATION: Weill Medical College, Cornell University, Richard Weil, MEd, CDE, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and WebMD fitness consultant.