Table 2.

The Institutes of Medicine estimated energy requirement equations.

Stratification	Predictive Equation
Healthy weight male	79 − 34.2 × age + 730 × height + 15.3 × weight
Healthy weight female	322 − 26 × age + 504 × height + 11.6 × weight
Overweight/obese male	420 − 33.5 × age + 418.9 × height + 16.7 × weight
Overweight/obese female	516 − 26.8 ×  age + 347 × height + 12.4 × weight