Weight Management: Metabolic Health, Bulking & Fat Loss Strategies

Weight management often depends on calculating metabolic rates, understanding fat biochemistry, and tailoring exercise programming for either muscle acquisition or structured fat reduction.

Weight Loss

How Many Calories Are Burned by Coughing?

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Kristi Stephens

All activities burn calories. Coughing may not be a huge calorie burner, but it is nice to know that you may gain a little extra benefit from this uncomfortable activity.

How Many Calories Does a Fever Burn?

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Kristi Stephens

"Starve a fever, feed a cold" is a saying that may not be true. The increased calories used when you have a fever seem to require that you maintain adequate energy to fight your illness.

Kristi Stephens has been writing professionally since 2010. She holds certifications in athletic training, massage therapy, personal training and has a physical-education degree with concentrations in coaching and family life/human sexuality. Stephens is on the kinesiology faculty at a local community college and is employed as an athletic trainer/patient relations coordinator for a sports medicine physical therapy clinic.