Calorie and TDEE Calculator API

Basal metabolic rate (Mifflin–St Jeor) and total daily energy expenditure for an adult, with calorie targets to lose, maintain or gain weight and macro grams.

POST /api/v1/tools/tdee-calculatorMCP tdee_calculatorCalculators

Estimate your BMR and total daily energy expenditure, then see calorie targets to lose, maintain or gain weight and a suggested protein, fat and carb split.

Input

Send these as a JSON object. Unknown fields are rejected.

sex: male or female. (string, one of male, female, required)
age: Age in whole years (18 to 100). (integer, 18 to 100, required)
units: metric: kg and cm. imperial: lb, and height in feet plus inches. (string, one of metric, imperial, default "metric")
weight: Weight in kg (metric) or lb (imperial); 30 to 300 kg. (number, 0 to …, required)
height: Height in cm (metric, 100 to 250) or whole feet (imperial). (number, 0 to …, required)
heightInches: Imperial only: inches on top of the feet. (number, 0 to 120)
activity: Activity level: sedentary = Sedentary (little or no exercise) (×1.2); light = Lightly active (exercise 1–3 days a week) (×1.375); moderate = Moderately active (exercise 3–5 days a week) (×1.55); very = Very active (hard exercise 6–7 days a week) (×1.725); extra = Extra active (physical job or training twice a day) (×1.9). (string, one of sedentary, light, moderate, very, extra, default "moderate")
macroSplit: Macro split for the maintenance calories: balanced = Balanced (30% protein, 30% fat, 40% carbs); lower-carb = Lower carb (35% protein, 40% fat, 25% carbs); higher-carb = Higher carb (25% protein, 20% fat, 55% carbs). (string, one of balanced, lower-carb, higher-carb, default "balanced")

Try it in the browser JSON Schema Get an API key

curl https://pithlab.com/api/v1/tools/tdee-calculator \n  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PITHLAB_KEY" \n  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \n  -d '{"sex":"female","age":30,"units":"metric","weight":65,"height":168,"activity":"moderate"}'

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "result": {
    "bmr": 1389,
    "tdee": 2153,
    "targets": [
      {
        "goal": "lose-0.5",
        "label": "Lose 0.5 kg (1.1 lb) a week",
        "calories": 1603,
        "belowSafeMinimum": false
      },
      {
        "goal": "lose-0.25",
        "label": "Lose 0.25 kg (0.55 lb) a week",
        "calories": 1878,
        "belowSafeMinimum": false
      },
      {
        "goal": "maintain",
        "label": "Maintain weight",
        "calories": 2153,
        "belowSafeMinimum": false
      },
      {
        "goal": "gain-0.25",
        "label": "Gain 0.25 kg (0.55 lb) a week",
        "calories": 2428,
        "belowSafeMinimum": false
      },
      {
        "goal": "gain-0.5",
        "label": "Gain 0.5 kg (1.1 lb) a week",
        "calories": 2703,
        "belowSafeMinimum": false
      }
    ],
    "maintenanceMacros": {
      "proteinG": 161,
      "fatG": 72,
      "carbsG": 215
    },
    "text": "BMR about 1,389 kcal/day; TDEE about 2,153 kcal/day (1.55 × BMR)"
  }
}