The minimum number of calories you need for your body to function is called your basal metabolic rate, or BMR. You burn most of your daily calories with zero effort, movement, or even thinking.

In Running for Weight Loss, Runner’s World’s exclusive guide hosted by Jennifer Brown, we break down how your metabolism ...

In the quest for optimal health, the concept of metabolic age has gained attention as a useful indicator of overall wellness. But what exactly is metabolic age, and how can it influence your health ...

Energy expenditure and the assessment of metabolic rate are central to understanding energy balance in human physiology. Modern measurement techniques, from indirect calorimetry to doubly labelled ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...