BMR
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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In multi-day endurance events, several athletes temporarily reached energy burn levels six to seven times their BMR, which translated to roughly 7,000 to 8,000 calories per day.
From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2025
BMR decreases with body size, because larger animals require more energy to maintain their size.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
So although BMR only captures 50% to 70% of total energy use, researchers figured that, kilo for kilo, humans burn energy at roughly the same rate as other apes.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 16, 2022
Popa-Erwin uses BMR — or the number of calories the body burns each day at rest — and muscle-mass calculations to determine how much protein, carbohydrates, and fat her clients should eat per day.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2019
“Very simply, we have welding jobs and can’t find people to fill them,” says Doug Gregory, marketing manager at BMR Group, an Indiana-based company that fixes industrial equipment for manufacturers in the Midwest.
From BusinessWeek • Mar. 21, 2014
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