3. Why Are These BMR Values So Different? Write Your Answer in Sentence Form

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1. Find the BMR of a female 5 feet 8 inches tall weighing 150 pounds aged 25 years who is moderately active.

2. Find the BMR of a male 5 feet 8 inches tall weighing 150 pounds aged 25 years who is moderately active.

3. Why are these BMR values so different? Write your answer in sentence form.

4. Find the BMR of a male aged 30 who weighs 178 pounds and is 5 feet 11 inches tall and very active.

5. Find the BMR of a male aged 55 who weighs 235 pounds and is 5 feet 9 inches tall and not active.

6. Find the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) for a woman age 38 who weighs 145 pounds is 5’6” feet tall and who is not active.

7. 2. Find the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) for a man age 42 who weighs 220 pounds is 6 feet tall and is lightly active.

BMI 8. You work as a licensed practical nurse and monitor the weight loss of patients in a health clinic. You use BMI as a tool for measuring successful results. One patient started with a BMI of 27/5 and now has a BMI of 24. How much has his BMI decreased?

9. What category on the BMI table has the patient in question 1 now moved to?

10. As the new YMCA fitness coach you help people reach their health goals. If Joe’s weight is 180 lbs. and his height is 5 ft. 10 in., what is his BMI? 11. According to the table, what is his health category?

12. Calculate your own BMI. What health level are you? Are you satisfied with your results? You do not have to show your results.

13. Name some ways people can lower their BMI and reduce their body fat.

14. Mary is 90 years old, weighs 115 lbs. and is sedentary. Tim is 17 years old, weighs 265 lbs. and letters in three sports: soccer, swimming and hockey. Are the BMI’s of these two individuals necessarily accurate? Why or why not?

Target heart rate

Test and find 3 other peoples target heart rate zones

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2. ______

3. ______

BMI = (

BMI Weight Status Below 18.5 Underweight 18.5 – 24.9 Normal 25.0 – 29.9 Overweight 30.0 and Above Obese

Women: BMR = 655 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years) Men: BMR = 66 + (6.23 x weight in pounds) + (12.7 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years) Sedentary- BMR * 1.2 Target Heart Rate Lightly Active- BMR * 1.375 1. Male- (220-age) Moderate- BMR * 1.55 2. Female- (226-age) Very Active- BMR *1.725 3. Subtract RHR Extra Active- BMR * 1.9 4. Multiply by .6 and .8 5. Add RHR to both number