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Your results for the Women's Nutrition Guide Calorie Calculator

These results will help you to know how many calories you need to maintain your current weight, and the number of calories needed per day to achieve your goal weight in a healthy, steady manner.

Please remember that these calorie counts are an average, you may need to adjust your calorie needs up or down slightly to get the results you want. Your results are calculated to help you understand how many calories you need to maintain your current weight, or the number of calories you need to lose weight slowly, over several months' time.

If you would like more detailed information about the number of calories you need, join Calorie-Count. Membership is free and you will have access to online tools to create the perfect diet.

Sources:

Food Intake Patterns. U.S. Department of Agriculture Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. http://mypyramid.gov/downloads/MyPyramid_Food_Intake_Patterns.pdf.

Dietary Reference Intakes. Institute of Medicine. http://www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/21/372/DRI%20Tables%20after%20electrolytes%20plus%20micro-macroEAR_2.pdf.

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