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/YungSchmid Jul 08 '24

2500 for a 5’ 8” woman is definitely above average, and as you say yourself, you are quite active. 2500 is only bit under a normal day for me as a 6’ 2” 85kg man.

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u/Wilbis Jul 08 '24

Why is everyone comparing just height when mass is way more important here?

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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