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Mifflin-St Jeor 1990 · BMR × activity factor · ±250/500 rows

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The Mifflin-St Jeor equation (1990) is the formula the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics calls the most accurate of the standard ones for healthy adults — men: 10×kg + 6.25×cm − 5×age + 5; women: the same, minus 161. That is your BMR, the calories a comatose body burns. Multiply by an activity factor to get TDEE, the maintenance number — and know the honest error bar: ±9%, because body composition, genetics and NEAT move it.

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Why the Harris-Benedict pages are showing their age

The older Harris-Benedict equation (1919, revised 1984) was measured on a leaner, shorter population and runs roughly 5% high for modern bodies — enough to quietly stall a fat-loss plan that trusted it. Mifflin-St Jeor's 1990 cohort (22,500 measured people) is closer to today's populations, which is why every current dietetic reference defaults to it. Both are population estimates: the only equation that fits you exactly is your own scale after three honest weeks.

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