{"id":35438,"date":"2020-06-26T12:01:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T10:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/?p=35438"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:00:09","slug":"basal-metabolic-rate-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/basal-metabolic-rate-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Basal metabolic rate test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A basal metabolic rate test estimates your resting energy needs<\/span><b>: the calories required while at complete rest, under defined measurement conditions.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This <strong>is a starting point for personalising<\/strong> your nutritional plan.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> To estimate total daily expenditure, include daily non-exercise activity (NEAT), exercise and the energy cost of digesting food, rather than resting expenditure alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4489 size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Basal metabolic rate test - INDYA - Sports Nutrition\" src=\"https:\/\/getindya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pila-1-1.gif\" alt=\"Resting energy needs illustration\" width=\"840\" height=\"670\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Often, <a href=\"https:\/\/getindya.com\/\">sports nutritionists<\/a> estimate resting needs with <\/span>equations<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> using weight, height, sex and age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A test using <\/span><span style=\"color: #32cacc\">indirect calorimetry<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> can improve the individual estimate when performed under appropriate conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It measures oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Using <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">established equations<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, it estimates resting energy expenditure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This can help inform an athlete&#8217;s plan, but no test predicts every day&#8217;s needs exactly.<strong> It provides a useful estimate<\/strong> to combine with activity, goals and follow-up when personalising nutrition.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding resting energy needs is a starting point for personalised nutritional planning. A good place to begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35439,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35438\/revisions\/35439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}