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Health · 4 min read
Maintenance calories: what they are and how to estimate them
Estimate the calories that may maintain your current weight, then refine the result using real-world trends.
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How to choose an activity level for your TDEE estimate
Choose a realistic TDEE activity factor without double-counting exercise or overestimating your daily energy use.
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How many calories do I need per day?
Estimate daily calorie needs from resting energy and activity, then adjust the result using your real weight trend.
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What is TDEE and how are daily calories estimated?
Learn what total daily energy expenditure includes, how calculators estimate it and how to refine the result.
Read articleHealth · 4 min read
BMI 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 35 and 40 explained
See which adult BMI category common values fall into and learn why decimals and personal context matter.
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Overweight by BMI: what a result from 25 to 29.9 means
Understand the adult overweight BMI range, how it differs from obesity and what additional context to review.
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Daily calories and BMI: how the two measures relate
Learn what BMI and TDEE each estimate, where they overlap and why neither gives a complete health assessment.
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Mortgage payment formula in Excel and Google Sheets
Use the PMT function with a monthly rate and total payment count, then validate the result.
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How to lose or gain weight safely using BMI as a guide
Learn how to use BMI as a starting point when considering a change in weight, without treating it as a diagnosis.
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Is BMI useful if you exercise or have substantial muscle?
See why muscular people can have a high BMI and which additional measures provide better body-composition context.
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Ideal weight vs healthy weight: why they are not the same
Learn why a healthy-weight range is generally more meaningful than a single ideal-weight formula.
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The limitations of BMI: when the result can mislead
Understand why BMI does not directly measure body fat and which people require more careful interpretation.
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