Pulse

Shared with you · Physiology · every card cites its source

Physiologywell supported · human data

Doing nothing is your biggest calorie burn.

Resting metabolic rate — the energy spent just staying alive — is the largest share of most people's daily burn. The Mifflin-St Jeor equation estimates yours from height, weight, age and sex.

Save the story card ⤓

Keep scrolling

The feed this came from — bite-sized, source-cited, and it never runs out on the first visit.