Athlete energy requirement (Cunningham REE, Box 23.2)
POST /sports/energy · API key required
REE = 500 + 22 x lean body mass, times a Box 23.2 activity factor (or a custom multiplier), plus exercise energy from METs (0.0175 kcal/kg/min per MET) and/or an activity_log looked up in the Appendix 10 table, plus the thermic effect of food as its own 10% step. Returns every step, a kcal/kg cross-check against the chapter tiers and an optional Mifflin-St Jeor cross-check. This is the chapter 23 method: do not add its TEF to a /energy/requirements result.
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200- Calculation with steps, warnings and sources400- Invalid input401- Missing or invalid API key429- Rate limited