TDEE calculator
Your total daily energy expenditure: resting energy times an activity level from the FAO/WHO/UNU report, in kcal and kJ. Free, with no account or uploads.
Your total daily energy expenditure
Type your age, height and weight and choose how active you are; the exact activity level is under More options.
The formulas were measured separately for women and men.
Sitting work, getting about by car or bus, little exercise.
In a day (TDEE)
About 2,060 calories a day
1,350 at rest (Mifflin–St Jeor) × 1.53 for mostly sitting = about 2,060 kcal, 8,610 kJ.
FAO/WHO/UNU: 1.40–1.69 sedentary or light, 1.70–1.99 active, 2.00–2.40 vigorous.
A little help along the way
Follow these steps. Every option is explained underneath. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere or kept.
- Say what you want to knowBMI, calories a day, or body fat.
- Choose your measuresCentimetres and kilograms, or feet, inches and pounds.
- Type your age, height and weightAnd your sex for calories, body fat and a child's BMI; for body fat, your waist, neck and hips.
- Read the answerIn words first, with the formula it came from.
Questions people ask
- What does TDEE mean?
- Total daily energy expenditure: the energy you use in a whole day, worked out as your resting energy (BMR) times your physical activity level (PAL).
- Where do the activity levels come from?
- From the FAO/WHO/UNU expert report of 2004: 1.53 for a sitting life, 1.76 for an active one and 2.25 for a vigorous one. Set an exact level under More options.
- Are my numbers sent anywhere?
- No. Everything is worked out in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere or kept.
This page is the BMI and calorie calculator, opened for this one job; every other tool it has is one press away. Each of its settings is explained on the BMI and calorie calculator's own page.
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