BMI (Body Mass Index) is a measurement of body fat based on a ratio between height and weight. Excess body fat increases your risk of developing serious health problems and chronic diseases (such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease). It is important to stay within a healthy BMI range.
Heart rate is an indication of your exercise intensity or how hard you are working out. It is important to know your Target Heart Rate zone for safe and effective exercise.
As a rule of thumb, to achieve a healthy weight loss, you need to consume 500 calories less than you burn.
The Calorie Calculator will give you an estimation of how many calories you need to consume to maintain your current body weight. Subtract 500 calories from the estimated calories given by the calculator, this is how many calories you need to consume to achieve a healthy weight loss of 1-3 lbs per week.
The NuVal™ Nutritional Scoring System
Nutritional labels can be confusing and the packaging can be misleading. This system takes the guess work out of deciding the healthfulness of foods.
All calculators property of the American Council on Exercise
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