Sources for Nutrition Recommendations

CaloFit is a nutrition app that provides guidelines and recommendations to help you on your journey toward a healthier life. It is not intended for diagnosis, advice, prevention, or treatment of a disease or medical condition. CaloFit is not a medical device or medical app. Always consult a doctor or healthcare professional before making medical decisions.

The values shown in the app are estimates, not medical prescriptions.

Body mass index
Adult BMI classification follows WHO guidance.

• WHO — Obesity and overweight

Energy needs
Resting and daily calorie estimates follow published predictive equations and physical-activity frameworks.

• Mifflin et al., Am J Clin Nutr, 1990

• FAO/WHO/UNU — Human energy requirements (2001)

Weight change
Weekly pacing is informed by established energy-balance literature and public-health weight-loss guidance.

• Wishnofsky, Am J Clin Nutr, 1958

• CDC — Losing weight

• NIH/NHLBI — Calories

Protein, carbohydrate, and fat
Macronutrient targets follow adult dietary reference ranges and sports-nutrition position stands.

• ISSN Position Stand: protein and exercise (2017)

• Institute of Medicine — AMDR

• WHO Technical Report Series 916 (2003)

These methods are estimates. Talk with a doctor or registered dietitian if you are pregnant, under 18, recovering from illness, or have a medical condition that affects eating, weight, or exercise.