Personal Calorie Needs Based on Age & Activity Level

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Our free 'Calorie Needs' calculator can help determine your daily calorie needs, but keep in mind that these are not set in stone.

Outside factors influence our daily calorie needs and include the following: our current state of health, our age, where we live, our environment, our level of stress, our amount of muscle mass, our gender, our ethnic background as well as the genes we inherited.

Another factor that greatly influences the number of calories that our body requires daily is our level of activity. The more active the individual, the more calories their body requires for optimum health.

The USDA recommends the following calories as a general rule of thumb:

• Seniors - 1,600 calories per day
• Children - 1,600 calories per day
• Inactive women - 1,600 calories per day
• Inactive men - 2,200 calories per day
• Moderately active women - 2,200 calories per day
• Teenage Girls - 2,200 calories per day
• Teenage Boys - 2,800 calories per day
• Active men - 2,800 calories per day
• Active women - 2,800 calories per day
• Pregnant & lactating women - 2,200 to 2,800 calories per day

If you are trying to lose weight, keep in mind that you will need to burn 3,500 calories per day in order to lose one pound. Trimming 500 calories per day from your daily diet will create about a 1 pound per week weight loss.

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