Homework 2
date: _____________
Client Name: ________________________________________________________________________
1. How many Calories should a 40 years old, 5 ft 6 inches tall man who weighs 150 lbs consume to have enough
Calories to maintain his weight assuming that he does not participate in any physical activity during the day?
Use the following formula
Men:
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 66 + (13.7 X wt in kg) + (5 X ht in cm) - (6.8 X age in years)
Women: Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 655 + (9.6 X wt in kg) + (1.8 X ht in cm) - (4.7 X age in years)
NB. 1 inch = 2.54 cm.
1 kilogram = 2.2 lbs.
Answer: ________________
2. If this person is lightly active, using the information below, how many Calories does the person need for a whole
day to maintain his weight?
Answer: ________________________
If you know your
BMR, you can calculate Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) by multiplying your BMR by your activity multiplier. The following
is a summary of the activity multiplyer
Sedentary
= BMR X 1.2 (Desk job - Web designer)
Lightly active = BMR X 1.375
Mod. active = BMR X 1.55
Very active
= BMR X 1.725
Extr. active = BMR X 1.9 (Garbage collector - jog to pick up trash while truck is slowly moving from spot
to spot
3.. If the above person consumes 350 Calories more than he needs every day for 6 months, (assuming that
hte body does notmake any adjustements, what would have been the weight of this person isn 6 months?
Answer: _____________________
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