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Total Daily Energy Expenditure

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/v1/tools/tdee

Estimate BMR and TDEE via Mifflin-St Jeor, Harris-Benedict, Katch-McArdle, and Cunningham. Provide body_fat or lean_mass to unlock the LBM-based methods.

Request Body required

Section titled “Request Body required ”
object
sex
required
string
Allowed values: male female
age
required
number
<= 120
height
required
object
value
required
number
unit
string
default: cm
Allowed values: cm in mm
weight
required
object
value
required
number
unit
string
default: kg
Allowed values: kg lb
activity
required
Any of:
string
Allowed values: sedentary light moderate active very_active
body_fat
number
nullable >= 2 <= 70
lean_mass
object
value
required
number
unit
string
default: kg
Allowed values: kg lb
methods
Any of:
Array<string>
Example
{
  "sex": "male",
  "age": 30,
  "height": {
    "value": 180,
    "unit": "cm"
  },
  "weight": {
    "value": 80,
    "unit": "kg"
  },
  "activity": "moderate"
}

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “200 ”

Total Daily Energy Expenditure result

object
results
required
Array<object>
object
method
required
string
value
required
number
unit
required
string
detail
object
key
additional properties
consensus
required
object
mean
required
number
median
required
number
min
required
number
max
required
number
n
required
integer
skipped
required
Array<object>
object
method
required
string
reason
required
string

400

Section titled “400 ”

Inputs valid but semantically impossible, or a required method’s inputs are missing.

object
error
required
object
type
required
string
message
required
string
details

422

Section titled “422 ”

Input failed validation (Zod).

object
error
required
object
type
required
string
message
required
string
details