Physical activity level

The physical activity level (PAL) is a way to express a person's daily physical activity as a number and is used to estimate their energy expenditure. In combination with the basal metabolic rate (BMR), it can be used to compute the amount of food energy a person needs to consume to maintain a particular lifestyle.

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