Calculating Your Calorie Needs: The Formula and Its Limits
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Nutrition8 min read14 November 2026

Calculating Your Calorie Needs: The Formula and Its Limits

The Mifflin-St Jeor formula with a worked example, how accurate the number really is and how to find your real intake in three weeks.

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