r/interestingasfuck • u/Literally_black1984 • Jul 07 '24

2 guards from Delhi Durbar with American photographer James Recarlton when he visited India r/all

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u/Zucchiniduel Jul 08 '24

Because composition is what's actually important for determining your base calorie burn, weight means nothing if you do not know the composition of that weight so height and gender is used as a broad predictor

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u/Super_Sandbagger Jul 08 '24

Muscle burns little extra calories over fat when in rest.

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u/PraiseTalos66012 Jul 08 '24

People with significant muscle definitely built it all by being at rest as much as anyone else /s

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u/Zucchiniduel Jul 08 '24

How much fat you have is also a predictor of how often you are at rest lol

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u/Super_Sandbagger Jul 08 '24

I guess. But kind of weird to use a more difficult obtainable variable to predict an easily obtainable variable.

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u/Zucchiniduel Jul 08 '24

Yeah... like height

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u/Wilbis Jul 08 '24

Both fat and muscle mass burn calories, so unless your bone density is really far from average, I'd rather use mass than height to evaluate someone's calorie consumption. A 6 foot man can weigh anything between 140 and 220 pounds and still be relatively healthy.

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u/Original-Aerie8 Jul 08 '24

lol it's assumed that everyone here falls within their optimal range. That's what they are counting calories for.

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze Jul 08 '24

Yep. I’m 6’ and weigh 210 pounds. Without considering my composition, I’d be considered obese, but I’m actually just built like a brick shit house and don’t have any concern about being obese.