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You may not be aware that the resting metabolic rate (RMR) associated with a given body weight can vary ±20%. Like many things in nature metabolic rates fall into a "normal" bell curve. The middle of the bell curve is the "expected" or average metabolic rate.
Another way of saying this is that 80% of you have a metabolic rate that is ±10% of the middle of the bell curve (for your gender, height, weight, and age).
Where you fall on the curve is based (mainly) on the genetic "hand" you were dealt.
The chart here shows an example for a 150-lb. 32-year-old female, using the World Health Organization's formula for metabolic rate
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