The Slim Math
Energy needs calculator
The quantity of energy you use per day is influenced by gender, weight, age, genetics, body composition, body temperature and degree of activity. We use the Mifflin-St. Jeor equation to calculate daily energy requirements, as it was found to be the most accurate.
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Calculate your plate size
The growing size of our plates is partly responsible for overeating. It is proven that you will eat more from a larger plate. The space on your plate does not grow in linear but in exponential fashion – e.g. a plate 20 cm/8 in diameter does not provide twice, but 4.5 more surface area than a plate of 10 cm/4 in diameter.
Plate diameter:
Calculate your hip/waist ratio
In the past 50 years, the waist circumference of the adult population in the developed countries grew disproportionately to other parts of the body. Waist to hip ratio is not only a beauty marker, but is also a better indicator of metabolic health than BMI. Women’s waist to hip ratio should, ideally, be near 0.7, men’s close to 0.9.
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Conversion calculator
| Common conversions | |
|---|---|
| 100 Fahrenheit | 37.8 Celsius |
| 1 cup | 236.5 milliliters |
| 1 ounce | 28.3 gram |
| 1 liter | 33.8 fluid ounce |
| 1 liter | 2.1 pint |
| 1 fluid ounce | 29.5 milliter |
| 1 kilogram | 2.2 pound |
| 1 inch | 2.54 cm |
| 100 kcal | 418,4 kJ |