Resting Metabolic Testing (RMR)
What is my Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)?
Your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) is the rate at which you burn calories-it plays a major role in weight loss and gain. Your RMR is responsible for up to 80% of the calories we burn daily! Because metabolism is unique to each person depending on age, activity level, diet, genetics, and current weight, it is important to determine your own metabolic characteristics in order to create your specific weight-management strategy.
What does the BODYGEM do?
The BodyGem indirect calorimeter is a state-of-the-art, handheld device that accurately measures resting metabolic rate – RMR. This portable tool will provide you with your metabolic fingerprint measurement result in 10 minutes or less.
The test is:
- Simple – Breathe into the indirect calorimeter, which measures oxygen consumption (VO2). The resulting RMR number is immediately and clearly displayed.
- Accurate – The BodyGem has been validated against the gold standard Douglas Bag and other commonly used metabolic carts.
The Body Gem device is being used to assess metabolic changes in The Biggest Loser™ contestants:
“We chose to use the MedGem device based on its accuracy in comparison to other indirect calorimeters.”
- Dr. Robert Huizenga
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCLA and Medical Advisor to The Biggest Loser
To prepare for the test:
At the time of your appointment, you must not have:
- Eaten for at least 4 hours (water is OK)
- Exercised for at least 4 hours
- Consumed caffeine for at least 4 hours
- Consumed nutritional supplements or medications containing ephedra, Ma Huang, or pseudoephedrine for at least 4 hours
- Used any form of nicotine in the last 4 hours
Your metabolism – combined with your daily physical activity – determines how many calories your body burns each day. You can easily and quickly learn your metabolic rate with a BodyGem measurement.
What’s Your Burn Rate?
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This is the same type of device that the medical adviser uses on The Biggest Loser.
How can I use my metabolic measurement?
It’s simple. A metabolic measurement gives you an accurate daily calorie target. Regardless of what you eat,
it’s impossible to lose weight unless you eat fewer calories than you burn.
With your measurement, you will know how much you can eat everyday to maintain or lose weight.
Consuming 300 calories a day beyond your requirements can result in a weight gain of 30 lbs a year.
Not consuming enough calories can cause your body to hold onto its long-term energy source, your fat.
“The Biggest Loser” medical staff exclusively use the MedGem/BodyGem to assess metabolic changes in program contestants
Golden, CO—Jan. 4th, 2010 — Microlife Medical Home Solutions, Inc. (MiMHS) announces The Biggest Loser medical staff will implement the MedGem indirect calorimeter to assess metabolic changes in program contestants. The MedGem handheld indirect calorimeter is an FDA cleared, Class II, medical device that assesses metabolic rate by measuring a patient’s resting oxygen consumption.
“Resting metabolic rate (RMR) makes up approximately 70% of an individual’s daily energy needs. Understanding a patient’s calorie needs is extremely important when establishing a weight loss plan” said Dr. Scott O. McDoniel, Director of Clinical Affairs for Microlife Medical Home Solutions, Inc. The WatchWT MedGem device is the world’s only hand-held indirect calorimeter that can accurately and reliably assess RMR in adults and children. Indirect calorimetry is the preferred method for assessing metabolic needs in adult and pediatric patients needing weight reduction as indicated by the American Dietetic Association’s
Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines for Adult and Pediatric Weight Management.
“We chose to use the MedGem device based on its accuracy in comparison to other indirect calorimeters and doubly-labeled water” said Dr. Robert Huizenga, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCLA and Medical Advisor to The Biggest Loser. The doubly-labeled water method is particularly useful for measuring average metabolic rate over relatively long periods of time (i.e., a few days or weeks) in patients for whom other types of direct or indirect calorimetric measurements of metabolic rate would be difficult to impossible. The MedGem device is portable and can assess RMR in as little as 5 minutes. Due to the ease of performing a measurement, the Biggest Loser contestants found the MedGem test to be quick and easy.
Resting metabolic rate varies dramatically between individuals. Until recently, most healthcare providers would estimate RMR using complicated estimation equations. However, several studies indicate estimations are substantially inaccurate and can lead to developing a wrong nutrition plan for overweight patients. A 2008 study, published in Obesity Facts: The European Journal on Obesity, demonstrated overweight patients lost more weight with a personalized nutrition program from a MedGem measurement vs. an estimated nutrition plan. “In this difficult morbidly obese population, we desperately need easily accessible RMR information to help gauge proper daily caloric recommendations and to study the effects of dramatic medical weight loss. The MedGem provides our medical staff an accurate and easy to use method for assessing RMR changes in these contestants” said Dr. Huizenga. Resting metabolic rate often changes as the result of weight loss and the MedGem device provides an easy solution for adjusting a patient’s nutrition plan to prevent weight loss plateaus.
The Biggest Loser has become a worldwide hit, airing in over 90 countries and produced in 25 countries. Since its debut in 2004, “The Biggest Loser” has grown to become a standalone health and lifestyle brand with tools and products inspired by the show and approved by its doctors and experts. Watch for the MedGem hand held indirect calorimeter on Season 9 of The Biggest Loser premiering January 5th, 2010 on NBC 8/7c.
About Microlife Medical Home Solutions, Inc.
Microlife Medical Home Solutions, Inc. a subsidiary of Microlife Corporation is dedicated to meeting the needs of healthcare providers and their busy medical practices. Our proprietary hand-held medical devices and systematic solutions offer healthcare providers evidence-based and practice-tested methods for accurate assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Microlife is committed to working with healthcare providers to help reduce hypertension and obesity rates and its associated healthcare expenditures by providing efficient and cost-effective solutions. Microlife Medical Home Solutions is headquartered in Golden, CO. For more information visit: www.MiMHS.com.