Calories or kilocalories are used to measure how much energy each is stored in each type of food you eat.
The amount of calories you need every day depends on how old or big you are, whether you are man or a woman, the type of your life, meaning passive or active and if you are a pregnant or nursing woman.
If you have the good number of calories each day, you will also have the perfect weight.
If your body doesn't get that right number, you will become underweight, and if you go over it, you will be overweight or even obese.
An overweight person encounters a higher risk of developing cancer cardiovascular disease or diabetes.
There are a number of Web sites that can help you calculate how many calories you need every day to maintain, gain or lose weight.
There are other methods of finding out what you need, like formulas.
The first one calculates the basal metabolic rate (BMR) and is different for men and women.
This is the formula for women: 655+ (4.
35x weight in pounds) + (4.
7x height in inches) - (4.
7x age in years).
And here it is for men: 66+ (6.
23x weight in pounds) + (12.
7x height in inches) - (6.
8x age in years).
Another type of formula offers information depending on your activity level: if you are sedentary, meaning you have little or no exercise, the calorie calculation is done by multiplying your BMR with 1.
2.
If you're lightly active, meaning you exercise 1-3 days/week, you multiply it with 1.
375.
The moderately active persons, who exercise 3-5 days/week, will multiply with 1.
55.
Very active individuals who have sports 6-7 days/week will find out their caloric number by multiplying the BMR with 1.
725 and finally the extra active ones have the formula BMR x 1.
9.
The amount of calories you need every day depends on how old or big you are, whether you are man or a woman, the type of your life, meaning passive or active and if you are a pregnant or nursing woman.
If you have the good number of calories each day, you will also have the perfect weight.
If your body doesn't get that right number, you will become underweight, and if you go over it, you will be overweight or even obese.
An overweight person encounters a higher risk of developing cancer cardiovascular disease or diabetes.
There are a number of Web sites that can help you calculate how many calories you need every day to maintain, gain or lose weight.
There are other methods of finding out what you need, like formulas.
The first one calculates the basal metabolic rate (BMR) and is different for men and women.
This is the formula for women: 655+ (4.
35x weight in pounds) + (4.
7x height in inches) - (4.
7x age in years).
And here it is for men: 66+ (6.
23x weight in pounds) + (12.
7x height in inches) - (6.
8x age in years).
Another type of formula offers information depending on your activity level: if you are sedentary, meaning you have little or no exercise, the calorie calculation is done by multiplying your BMR with 1.
2.
If you're lightly active, meaning you exercise 1-3 days/week, you multiply it with 1.
375.
The moderately active persons, who exercise 3-5 days/week, will multiply with 1.
55.
Very active individuals who have sports 6-7 days/week will find out their caloric number by multiplying the BMR with 1.
725 and finally the extra active ones have the formula BMR x 1.
9.