Can someone please explain Metabolic Age readings? How they are determined and what they mean?
1) “Metabolism is the complete set of chemical reactions that occurs in living cells. These processes are the basis of life, allowing cells to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments.” “The speed of metabolism, the metabolic rate, also influences how much food an organism will require.” Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_rate 2) “Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment,” after “about twelve hours of fasting” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_metabolic_rate 3) Here the information from scale vendor Tanita: “The Metabolic Age compares your Basal Metabolic Rate to the average age associated with that level of metabolism.” “Simply supply your gender, age, height and weight into the memory, step on the scale, and the monitor does the rest.” http://www.scales-r-us.com/scales_info.php/products_id/481 http://www.scales-r-us.com/images/tanita-icons/Tanita-glossary.htm htt
