Mr. Laurio, a Filipino bank executive, 49 years old, weighing 75 kg and standing 5'8" tall. He runs 3 times a week for 30 minutes each, with physical activity expenditure of 35 kcal/kg DBW/day.
With his current BMI result, he has been advised by his physician to consider reducing 500 kcal from his total calorie intake per day.
Provide the information as requested in the succeeding question items. Show all solutions.
Using ONLY the Tannhauser's method (Broca Index), determine the Desirable Body Weight.
pounds (lbs)
kilograms (kg)
Compute the total energy req (TER kcal):
*identify the physical activity
*compute for the TER based on DBW and PA
*Compute for the adjusted TER based on the doctor's recommendation and use this as the basis for the food exchange computation.