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First published: 13.Oct.2024
Overview
Here you will find links to some useful tools and resources to help support your fitness, wellness and health goals.
They will help you calculate your Body Mass Index, your Resting Metabolic Rate, Calories for your Diets, Macros for your Ketogenic Diet and the energy burned when you walk.
Each of these calculators explains in detail the purpose, the method, and the formula or equation used, and the science and facts behind them.
Also find pages with useful tips and advice on finding realiable health information and learn more about the science behind our content.
In this Article (Index)
Links to Some resources
- BMI - Body Mass Index Calculator
- RMR - Resting Metabolism Rate Calculator
- Ketogenic Diet Macros Calculator
- Calories Calculator
- Energy Burned Walking Calculator
- More Resources
BMI: Calculate your Body Mass Index
BMI is an index that relates to a person's height and weight and serves as an indicator of that person's body weight.
According to the value of the Body Mass Index, you can define if a person is obese, overweight, normal, or underweight.
It is widely used because it is an easy and inexpensive way to measure and define a person's body fat.
BMI Calculator
Body Mass Index is one of the ways used to calculate body fat and the associated health risks. Measure your height and weight and use our calculator to find out your BMI and what steps to take to improve your weight issues.
Basal Metabolic Rate Calculator
Calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate or BMR also called Resting Metabolic Rate or RMR, with our online calculator tool. Learn how to use it as a starting point for your weight loss program.
What is Resting Metabolic Rate or RMR?
Basal metabolic rate definition
RMR is the rate at which your body burns energy when it is resting (its only activities under these circumstances is breathing, blood circulation, and brain activity).
It comprises the energy used by your body to keep your body alive at rest. This covers the cellular activity (respiration, normal functioning) and maintaining body temperature within its correct ranges.
BMR Calculator
Basal Metabolic Rate Calculator will tell you how much energy your body burns when it is resting. Useful as a baseline for your weight control program.
Keto Macros Calculator
Our calculator will help you work out the basic macros for your Ketogenic Diet.
What are macros in Keto dieting?
A Ketogenic Diet is a very low carbohydrate, moderate protein, and high-fat diet. It will also include a caloric deficit if your goal is to lose weight.
The exact mix of protein, fats, and carbs plus your daily caloric intake make up the "macros" of your diet.
How does this Keto calculator work?
The calculator takes your gender, height, weight, and age to calculate how much energy your body requires in a resting state, then it adds your level of physical activity to define your energy requirements.
It subtracts the energy deficit you want to adopt (less energy intake is the key to all weight-loss diets). And then based on the recommended protein requirements based on your level of activity and the mass of carbohydrates that you plan to ingest daily, it defines the mix of protein, carbs, and fats for your diet.
Keto Macros Calculator
Keto Macros Calculator is a tool to help you organize your ketogenic diet with adequate amounts of fats, protein, and high-fibre carbohydrates,
Calories Calculator
How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day to Lose Weight?
The great question many of our readers ask, is How do I calculate how many calories to eat to lose weight?. This page will answer that question.
To lose weight you have to know how many calories your body requires and then define a calorie deficit to reduce your caloric intake and start to lose weight. All weight loss programs should also include physical activity.
This online calorie calculator tool is easy to use and will give you your calorie goal to lose weight based on your age, height, sex, and level of physical activity.
Diet Calorie Calculator
A tool to work out how many calories you need per day to be able to reach your weight goal target. Very easy to use. Get started now with your diet.
Walking: Calculate the energy you burn walking
Walking is an easy way to increase your levels of physical activity.
It is inexpensive, you can do it anywhere, and it has a positive impact on your overall health.
It will improve your bone density, it can help you shed excess weight, and it is "joint-friendly."
Walking at a brisk pace is a moderate-intensity physical activity and contributes towards the minimum 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise recommended by the American Heart Association.
This webpage includes a calculator to help you work out how many calories you burn considering your weight, the distance covered, the gradient and the time spent walking. It is based on the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) formula.
Walking: Calculate the calories you burn
Calculate the energy you burn when you walk. How many calories does your body burn while you walk?. Our tool will help you exercise and manage your weight.
More Tools and Resources
Finding Reliable Health Information Online
The Internet has unlocked a vast world of information for everyone, information on any imaginable subject that is easily accessible 24 ⁄ 7 across the globe.
In the field of health and medical information, this is beneficial because it empowers individuals, helps spread knowledge, builds awareness, and improves the health literacy of the general public.
The downside of online health information is its quality. E-health websites provide content that ranges from excellent to superficial and unsubstantiated, from thoroughly researched and evidence-based to covert advertising, misinformation, or even blatant disinformation.
>> How to find reliable health information online?
What are Clinical Trials?
Clinical trials are a fundamental part of medical, health and wellness studies. They apply the rigorous scientific method to evaluate interventions such as therapies, medicine, diet, physical activity, and lifestyle changes on the health of those being studied. It is a complex process, that involves ethical considerations because the subjects are human beings that may be suffering from a disease or health condition.
There are different types of Clinical research, including observational studies and clinical trials. Additionally, bias factors have to be avoided so that the findings of these trials can be considered valid. They should also allow replication by other groups of researchers. Elements like randomization, the use of blind and double blind trials, and placebos ensure an unbiased and impartial outcome.
Placebo Effect
The placebo effect is an intriguing phenomenon by which the dummy treatment or placebo causes an improvement in the patient's conditions.
Due to the inert nature of the sham medicine in the placebo, this improvement can only be caused by the patient's positive perception about the treatment and its expected outcome. The brain somehow works together with the body reducing the perception of pain, making the subject feel better, improving moods, and self awareness. Somehow the brain is telling the body to get better.
Placebo effects also appear with the regular treatments, the baseline one that is used normally and is being compared to the novel therapy. As can be expected, improved conditions due to a placebo effect influence the outcome of clinical trials.
The placebo effect doesn't cure the disease it only makes the subject feel better.
About this Article
Tools and Resources for health and fitnessk, A. Whittall
©2024 Fit-and-Well.com, 13 Oct. 2024. Update scheduled for 13 Oct. 2027. https://www.fit-and-well.com/resources/tools-and-resources.html
Tags: exercise, ketogenic diet, walking, weight loss, clinical trials, placebo
