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Two calculations every consultation begins with

Both run the arithmetic taught in the Diploma: the Asian-Indian body mass index thresholds used in Indian clinical practice, and the Mifflin-St Jeor equation for resting energy expenditure. Nothing is stored and nothing is emailed to you — enter a set of figures and read the output exactly as a client would see it.

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Two calculations every consultation begins with

Both instruments run the arithmetic taught in the Diploma: the Asian-Indian body mass index thresholds used in Indian clinical practice, and the Mifflin-St Jeor equation for resting energy expenditure. Enter a set of figures and read the output exactly as a client would see it.

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Body mass index — Asian-Indian cut-offs

Your BMI

23.5

Classification

Overweight

These are the Asian-Indian cut-offs used in Indian clinical practice — the risk thresholds sit roughly two points lower than the WHO international scale. BMI is a screening figure only: it cannot distinguish muscle from fat, and it says nothing about where that fat sits.

How we teach assessment beyond BMI
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Daily calorie needs — Mifflin-St Jeor

Sex

Maintenance

2,093kcal

Resting rate 1,350 kcal × 1.550

Mild deficit

1,593

500 kcal below maintenance

Mild surplus

2,393

300 kcal above maintenance

Suggested split at maintenance

Protein
102g
1.6 g per kg
Fat
58g
25% of energy
Carbohydrate
290g
Remainder

Mifflin-St Jeor estimates resting energy expenditure for healthy adults; it does not account for pregnancy, lactation, thyroid disorders or any condition altering metabolic rate. Sustained intakes below 1,200 kcal should be supervised.

Learn to build the full diet chart from these figures
Beyond the numbers

A figure is not a diet plan

Knowing someone's BMI and maintenance calories is the first five minutes of a consultation. Turning that into a chart they will actually follow — for their condition, their kitchen and their budget — is the skill the Diploma teaches.