Calories for Weight Loss, Men

Article by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites

 


Men's Estimated Daily Calorie Needs Based on Age, Gender, Physical Activity

Our data chart below indicates the amount of daily energy [calories] necessary to support a healthy body as recommended by the USDA.

As you view the numbers please keep in mind that they are to be used as a pattern for setting your daily caloric values. Your body may require fewer or more based on numerous underlying factors. Let's address a few of those....

Your Current State of Health

A. If you are battling an illness - whether it's related to disease or the common cold or flu, your body will use more calories during this state of life. If you have a fever, it will also use more calories as it's working diligently to fight infection.

Baby It's Cold Outside

B. If your job entails working outdoors, you are aware of the toll it can take on your body amid sizzling hot or bitterly cold days. You'll burn far more energy on those cold days than the hot ones as the body struggles to conserve and produce internal heat.

Muscle Mass Impacts Energy Needs

C. Men tend to have more muscle mass than females, as well as larger bones. Women are comprised with more fatty tissue. Because muscle requires more calories to support than fat, males can enjoy more food. In addition, they are generally much larger in size than females which also requires more energy to support life.

 


Type of Activity Influences Caloric Burn

D. When we look at the chart below we see that a man who is in their late twenties to mid-thirties will burn about 2400 calories daily if they lead an sedentary lifestyle. If they are moderately active, they will use about 200 more calories per day. If they are considered active, they will use approximately 3000 calories daily.

Keep in mind that these are simply averages. We must use our logic when viewing data charts because the possibilities are so vast that it would require countless data charts depicting every possible scenario - which would make the process confusing, and actually quite useless. When we can't readily locate data, that's not a great system.

Nonetheless, if Bob is active and enjoys walking - he's not going to require as many calories as Ron who plays an aggressive game of football. In addition, the duration of the activity will also influence the amount of energy required by the body - as well as metabolic rate, the gene pool, the height of the individual - as well as various other factors.

We have included the data from the USDA for males ranging from 2 years of age and up for your quick reference. By the time that a male reaches his mid-sixties he will require the same amount of energy that he did when he was only 13 years of age in order to maintain his recommended weight. Fact is, as we grow older our body requires fewer and fewer calories.

Recommended Calories for Weight Loss for Men

What is Considered Active

Age in Years

Sedentary Lifestyle

Moderately Active

Active

2

1000

1000

1000

3

1200

1400

1400

4-5

1200

1400

1600

6-7

1400

1600

1800

8

1400

1600

2000

9

1600

1800

2000

10

1600

1800

2200

11

1800

2000

2200

12

1800

2200

2400

13

2000

2200

2600

14

2000

2400

2800

15

2200

2600

3000

16-18

2400

2800

3200

19-20

2600

2800

3000

21-25

2400

2800

3000

26-35

2400

2600

3000

36-40

2400

2600

2800

41-45

2200

2600

2800

46-55

2200

2400

2800

56-60

2200

2400

2600

61-65

2000

2400

2600

66-75

2000

2200

2600

76+

2000

2200

2400

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