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Calorie Calculator

Daily calories from age, height, weight, and activity. Use cm, feet, kg, lb, or stone.

Daily calories
To maintain weight

How daily calorie needs are estimated

A calorie calculator estimates TDEE: calories to maintain weight given age, sex, height, weight, and activity. We use Mifflin-St Jeor BMR times an activity factor, the same approach used by many nutrition tools.

Height can be centimeters, meters, feet and inches, or inches. Weight can be kilograms, pounds, or stone. Mix units if that is how you know your numbers. Activity is written in plain language so you can pick the closest match.

This is informational. Needs vary with muscle mass, hormones, and health conditions. A cut of about 500 kcal a day is a common starting point for gradual fat loss only with medical guidance.

calorie calculator FAQ

Which units can I use?

Height: centimeters, meters, feet and inches, or inches. Weight: kilograms, pounds, stone, or stone and pounds. Age is in years. You can mix units, for example 5 ft 10 in and 75 kg.

What does the activity level mean?

Sedentary is desk work with little exercise. Light is 1 to 3 days a week. Moderate is 3 to 5 days. Active is 6 to 7 days. Very active is hard training or a physical job.

Is this the same as BMR?

BMR is calories at rest. This calorie calculator multiplies BMR by your activity level to estimate daily maintenance calories (TDEE).