How does the MetaCheck measure metabolic rate??
Your body consumes a fixed amount of oxygen per calorie burned. The MetaCheck measures the amount of oxygen in the air you exhale to calculate how much oxygen your body is consuming. Based on your oxygen consumption, the MetaCheck figures the exact amount of calories you are burning. Why should I have my resting metabolic rate tested? Everyone has a unique metabolic rate. Scientific studies show that even people with similar attributes like age, height, weight and body composition can have very different metabolic rates. This means that if your metabolic rate is lower than average, you may gain weight even while dieting. Conversely, if your metabolic rate is higher than normal, you may never need to diet to lose weight. Metabolic testing reveals how many calories your body burns at rest, giving you the data you dies show that attributes such as age, height, weight and body composition are poor predictors of metabolic rates as metabolic rates can vary widely even among people with simil
