The weather in the Abacos with the exception of local patterns like the squall shown above, is pretty much the same as south Florida. The temperature is too. When it's 50 in February in Ft. Lauderdale, it will be close to that in the Abacos. Hurricanes hit the Abacos as often as they hit Florida.
Body Fat Percentage-The lower an individual's body fat percentage, the higher their BMR. This is one reason why men typically have a BMR that is 10-15% higher than that of women. Diet-Starvation diets typically reduce an individual's BMR by as much as 30%.
By Mark P. Kelly, Ph.D. Unless you have been living on an island or mountaintop somewhere (or simply donât watch television), youâve undoubtedly seen numerous infomercials talking about resting metabolic rate (RMR) and how one exercise or another will increase it, causing body fat to just melt away. Because men, on average, have a greater muscle mass and a lower body-fat percentage than women, they generally have a higher basal metabolic rate. 2  Age. 3  BMR is greater in childhood than in adulthood. 4  After age 20, BMR is estimated to drop about 2 percent to 3 percent each decade.