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Metabolic Testing in Phoenix-Scottsdale

How many calories your body burns at rest, measured, and 8 clinics in Phoenix-Scottsdale that list it.

Time
Several minutes of quiet rest Usually in the morning
What you do
Breathe normally while resting Through a mouthpiece or under a hood
You get
Your resting calorie burn Often turned into nutrition targets
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Resting metabolic rate testing measures how much energy your body uses at rest. You lie or sit quietly and breathe into a mouthpiece or under a hood while a machine reads the oxygen you take in and the carbon dioxide you breathe out.

A formula or a fitness tracker can only estimate this number, and estimates can be off for any one person. Clinics use the measured figure to set calorie and nutrition targets. It describes your body on the day of the test.

Blood sugar in Phoenix-Scottsdale, by the numbers

The rate of diagnosed diabetes in Phoenix-Scottsdale is lower than the national rate. About 1 in 9 adults in Phoenix-Scottsdale have been diagnosed with diabetes, compared with about 1 in 8 nationally. That adds up to roughly 380,000 adults in Maricopa County.

10.6%of adults in Phoenix-Scottsdale have been diagnosed with diabetesUS: 12.1%
380,000adults in Phoenix-Scottsdale have been diagnosed with diabetesEstimated from CDC county figures
8Phoenix-Scottsdale clinics list resting metabolic rate testingSee them below
Phoenix-Scottsdale vs the US
Share of adults, 2023

CDC estimates. PLACES figures are modelled from a national health survey, not counted from medical records, so read them as estimates.

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Source: CDC PLACES, 2023 county estimates. Phoenix-Scottsdale = Maricopa County, weighted by adult population.

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The good news: prediabetes often doesn't have to become diabetes. That's why the simple tests above are worth doing early, even when you feel fine.

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Metabolic Testing: common questions

Which clinics in Phoenix-Scottsdale list resting metabolic rate testing?

8 in our Phoenix-Scottsdale guide: Composition ID Scottsdale, DexaFit Scottsdale, Preamble Health, Dexa Body, Scottsdale, DexaFit Gilbert, DexaFit North Phoenix, DexaFit Tempe and Human Powered Health, Scottsdale.

How do I prepare?

Clinics usually ask you to come in without eating, without caffeine and without exercising beforehand, because all three raise the number. Follow the clinic’s own instructions.

Will my result change?

It can. It moves with changes in muscle, weight and activity, so some people retest after a change in training or diet.

Sources: Oshima T et al., Indirect calorimetry in nutritional therapy: a position paper by the ICALIC study group. Clinical Nutrition, 2017

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