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Metabolic Testing in San Diego

How many calories your body burns at rest, measured, and 3 clinics in San Diego 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 San Diego, by the numbers

The rate of diagnosed diabetes in San Diego is lower than the national rate. About 1 in 10 adults in San Diego have been diagnosed with diabetes, compared with about 1 in 8 nationally. That adds up to roughly 260,000 adults in San Diego County.

10.0%of adults in San Diego have been diagnosed with diabetesUS: 12.1%
260,000adults in San Diego have been diagnosed with diabetesEstimated from CDC county figures
3San Diego clinics list resting metabolic rate testingSee them below
San Diego 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.

Diagnosed diabetesSan Diego
United States
ObesitySan Diego
United States
High blood pressureSan Diego
United States
↓ Data

Source: CDC PLACES, 2023 county estimates. San Diego = San Diego County, weighted by adult population.

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Showing 3 clinics that list resting metabolic rate testing in San Diego

Suzan Mahdai, MD, MPH, DABOM, MSCPHaider Aldiwani, MD, MPH, CCD
Two-physician preventive practice built around onsite DEXA, VO2 max and resting metabolic rate testing, with memberships for weight, menopause and prevention.

Timely Health

Rancho Bernardo, San Diego
Strength, fitness & body compositionAdvanced diagnostics & emerging careCancer risk & screening

Timely Health is a preventive and longevity practice on World Trade Drive in San Diego, led by Dr. Suzan Mahdai and Dr. Haider Aldiwani. Onsite testing covers DEXA whole-body and bone density scans, VO₂ max and resting metabolic rate. Memberships cover weight management, menopausal hormone care and prevention, with Galleri, Myriad and at-home sleep testing as add-ons. Led by Suzan Mahdai, MD, Haider Aldiwani, MD.

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Monica PriceDomarius Hayden, BEXSc; CPT-ACEDani Robbins, BScKin; CPT
Body-composition and metabolic testing center, part of a four-state brand, offering individual measurements and bundles with no referral and no membership. Testing studio

Dexa Body, San Diego

Sorrento Valley, San Diego
Strength, fitness & body compositionGenetics & biological ageMedical weight loss

Dexa Body's California site sits on Morehouse Drive in Sorrento Valley, one of four across Utah, Arizona and Georgia. It measures body composition by DEXA, aerobic capacity by VO2 max and metabolism at rest, and sells four trait-panel DNA tests covering weight, aging, athletic performance and micronutrients. Three California staff are named, all exercise and coaching credentialled.

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DEXA scan VO₂ max testing Metabolic rate testing
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Body-composition and metabolic testing center, part of a twenty-two site brand, offering DEXA, VO2 max and resting metabolism tests by appointment. Testing studio

Live Lean Rx, San Diego

Middletown, San Diego
Strength, fitness & body compositionGut & digestive healthMedical weight loss

Live Lean Rx's San Diego centre sits on Hancock Street near the airport, one of twenty-two sites the brand runs across the country. It measures body composition by DEXA, aerobic capacity by VO2 max and metabolism at rest, and runs IgG and IgA food sensitivity panels in two sizes. Four named packages combine those tests with nutritional consults delivered by a Registered Dietician.

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DEXA scan VO₂ max testing Metabolic rate testing
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Metabolic Testing: common questions

Which clinics in San Diego list resting metabolic rate testing?

3 in our San Diego guide: Timely Health, Dexa Body, San Diego and Live Lean Rx, San Diego.

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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