A person with slow metabolism will not burn the same quantity of energy as one with a fast metabolism.
What still remains a moving target is how the speed of metabolism varies from one person to another, and what will turn it up or down.

Metabolism: A Moving Target

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<li>Certain medical conditions and general health also contribute as factors in our metabolic rate. </li>
<li>The thyroid gland produces a chemical called ‘thyroxine’ which regulates a person’s basal metabolic rate.</li>
<li>Depression, diabetes, fasting, having fever, low blood oxygen too play a huge factor in our caloric requirements and calorie expenditure</li>
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Calorie Requirements: Our Body Type

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<li>For an average adult female, the estimated daily intake is 1600 to 2400 calories.</li>
<li>For the average adult male, it is 2000 to 3000 calories per day.</li>
<li>Children have a higher speed of metabolism, especially in stages of infancy.</li>
<li>Two people of the same body type and weight can have a 30 percent variation in their caloric needs due to how much body movement happens during the day.</li>
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Body Energy Expenditure: Facts

Metabolism is the chemical reactions that are needed in our bodies to maintain life as an organism.
It helps convert food into energy, breaking down food into building blocks for various elements, and to eliminate nitrogenous wastes from the body.

Understanding Metabolism

The energy value of any food is measured in calories, and the basal metabolic rate is the minimum amount of calorie count that is required when the body is at rest (Resting Energy Expenditure). Combining it with the energy one consumes while moving around or digesting food gives us the total energy expenditure.
Our body energy needs are dependent on our age, height, weight, genetics and gender, apart from our daily activity.

Calculating Calories

There are some factors you can't change about your metabolism. But there are things you can do to influence how much energy your body uses over the course of the day.

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