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| Basal Metabolic Rate - BMR Basal Metabolic Rate, is the minimum calorific requirement of body needed to sustain life. We can also say that BMR is the minimum amount of energy (measured in calories) needed by the body to survive or remain in bed asleep all day. BMR can be responsible for burning up to 70% of the total calories expended, however this figure can vary due to different factors. Calories are burned by various body activities such as respiration, the pumping of blood around the body and maintenance of body temperature etc. Main Factors Affecting BMR As we grow older, our BMR will steadily decrease. In young age BMR is higher and as we grow older we have less lean body mass - slowing the BMR. Also an individual can raise their basal metabolic rate by undertaking regular exercise. A person's height is also a factor, a tall thin person will have a higher BMR than a shorter, fatter person. BMR will increase in during pregnancy. Short Term Factors Affecting BMR Illnesses such as a fever, high levels of stress hormones in the body and either an increase or decrease in the environmental temperature will result in an increase in BMR. Fasting, starving or malnutrition all result in a lowering of BMR. |