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littlemissnibbler
littlemissnibbler Posts: 9 Member
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Can you hide your age from your profile?

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  • usafbeach
    usafbeach Posts: 147 Member
    Why not just lie?
  • donyellemoniquex3
    donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
    How old ARE you ?
  • littlemissnibbler
    littlemissnibbler Posts: 9 Member
    Just don't want my age showing, don't understand why it is shown, you should be able to keep it private, I've changed it to a random age.
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,589 MFP Moderator
    I a not 100% sure on this but I think MFP probably accounts for your age in calculating your calorie goal, at least I would think it would, so putting a random number might not be helpful.
  • scottsgirl4lyfe2004
    scottsgirl4lyfe2004 Posts: 36 Member
    not really sure why u'd want to hide your age no ones gonna judhe you on it.
  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    I a not 100% sure on this but I think MFP probably accounts for your age in calculating your calorie goal, at least I would think it would, so putting a random number might not be helpful.

    I'd think this is probably the case too. The average 18 year old is probably going to have a different cal need to the average 60 year old.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Your age is one of the factors used in determining what your calorie goals should be. I required far more calories as a growing teen than I do as an almost 40 year old, even with as active as I am.

    ETA: you can make your entire profile private if you want....but I would advice against putting in some rando age.
  • littlemissnibbler
    littlemissnibbler Posts: 9 Member
    How do you make your entire profile private?

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