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New NIH caloric intake calculator...thoughts?

ninasteele
ninasteele Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Just found this calculator and I believe it is fairly new. Just thought I would share it and see what everyone thought about it! :)
https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/bwp/index.html

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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Pretty poor.
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Seems to overstate calories for me.

    First I tried activity level 1.8, thinking I have a desk job but make sure to get 10k steps a day. And 1.4 is basic/sedentary. Came up with 2250 to maintain, which is high. I know my # is more like 1800-1900.

    Then I tried activity level 1.4, lowest possible, it came up with 1750. If I were totally inactive - did not aim for 10k steps per day (without effort maybe only 2500-5000/day) my actual maintenance would be more like 1500.
  • allyphoe
    allyphoe Posts: 618 Member
    It gives me ~2050, with reasonable inputs. Actual for me is about 150 calories higher than that, based on a year of intake and loss records. So less than 10% error, which is decent.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    A re-work of Kevin D Hall's work, I find the default activity level to be too high and the fixed intake somewhat simplistic, but it does demonstrate how you need to adapt as you lose weight.
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