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[@kaiord/core](../README.md) / computeBmr

# Function: computeBmr()

> **computeBmr**(`input`): [`BmrResult`](../type-aliases/BmrResult.md)

Defined in: [packages/core/src/application/energy/bmr.ts:72](https://github.com/pablo-albaladejo/kaiord/blob/3eacbe62ef72342d970523967cc5155b5935bb85/packages/core/src/application/energy/bmr.ts#L72)

Estimate BMR (kcal/day). Uses Katch-McArdle when `bodyFatFraction` is a
valid \[0, 1) fraction, otherwise Mifflin-St Jeor.

## Parameters

### input

[`BmrInput`](../type-aliases/BmrInput.md)

## Returns

[`BmrResult`](../type-aliases/BmrResult.md)

## Throws

RangeError when weight, height, or age is not positive and finite.