I don't really look at calories, or
the minimal daily requirement.
Not exact matches
This ratio was later revised to 6:1 and recent research suggests an even higher ratio.1 This means that you have to eat an awful lot of vegetables and fruits to obtain even the
daily minimal requirements of vitamin A, assuming optimal conversion.
The new publication no longer expresses nutrient
requirements as a linear increase per kilogram of body weight, but in a curve based on total body weight and as
minimal requirements as well as
daily recommended allowances.
In mammals, resting energy
requirements (RER) can be calculated based on the equation RER (kcal / day) = 70kcal ⋅ BWkg0.75 (Kleiber, 1961) and reflects the
minimal amount of energy required
daily to maintain body weight in the absence of factors such as exercise or environmental temperatures which could increase energy needs.