It is a common belief that slim people generally have higher metabolism rate that those of overweight and obese people. That isnt necessarily true. Weight is not directly connected to metabolism. Ones weight is dependent on the balance of the total calorie consumption as opposed to the total number of calories expended. Once a person eats more calories that his body needs, expect a weight gain to follow. Just the same, taking in less that what the body requires and a weight loss will follow.
Your body requires a minimum amount of calories per day to be able to maintain its essential functions like breathing, maintaining your heartbeat, and keeping the brain properly functional. This is called your basal metabolic rate (BMR). There is a great likelihood that the body burns more calories that your basal metabolic rate, unless you spend the entire day in bed doing nothing.
Your basal metabolic rate accounts for sixty to seventy percent of your daily caloric needs. Several factors affect a persons basal metabolism, it includes:
Age. A persons BMR lowers as he ages.
Height. Studies have also shown that taller people have higher BMR.
Gender. ...