Finally, I found information at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion that looked more reasonable. According to the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, this is the calories that a person should intake according to age and lifestyle.
A very important note! This table does not apply to pregnant women or breastfeeding!!
Now after this note, we need to determine how active is our lifestyle. The lifestyle can be determined depending on the miles you normally walk in a day.
If you on a normal day walk less than 1.5 miles in addition to the physical activity required to perform your normal activities, then you are sedentary.
If you walk between 1.5 and 3 miles per day in addition to the physical activity required to perform your normal activities, then you are moderately active.
If you walk more than 3 miles per day in addition to the physical activity required to perform your normal activities, then you are active.
Now, we do not have excuses!!!
References
ODPHP. 2015-20 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/
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