CalorieCalcTools does not hide its writing behind a made-up staff. Everything on this site, from the calculators to the guides, is written and checked by one named person, and this page explains what he actually verifies before a page goes up.
Chris Terry
Founder and Editor
Chris built CalorieCalcTools and the other calculator sites in the Encore Editorial network through Encore Promotional Products. He is not a doctor, a dietitian or a certified nutrition coach, and nothing on this site claims otherwise: the byline on every calorie and macro guide reads "Founder & Editor" because that is the actual role. What he does bring is the habit of checking a formula against its original published source before trusting it, a habit built from years of running spreadsheet-heavy small businesses where a wrong constant costs real money.
His byline appears on How Many Calories to Lose Weight, What Is a Calorie Deficit, How to Count Macros, What Is TDEE, How Much Protein Per Day, and Is 1,200 Calories a Day Too Low. He also edits the calorie and payroll guides across the wider Encore network, including PaystubTools.
Before anything with his byline goes live: every number in a guide is traced back to the primary source cited on the editorial standards page, whether that is the original Mifflin-St Jeor paper, the National Academies' Dietary Reference Intake report, or the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans, rather than copied from a secondary blog that may have already gotten it wrong. Any claim about what a "safe" or "too low" calorie intake looks like is checked against published guidance and written to recommend speaking with a doctor or registered dietitian, not to talk anyone into a crash diet. Worked examples use round, clearly hypothetical numbers so nobody mistakes an illustration for a personal recommendation.
Why there's no dietitian byline here
Some nutrition sites put a registered dietitian's name on every article whether or not that person actually wrote or reviewed it. CalorieCalcTools does not do that. If a page ever carries a dietitian's byline, it will be because a licensed dietitian genuinely wrote or reviewed it, and this page will say so with a credential you can check. Until then, every guide here is written by a founder who cites his sources and flags, repeatedly, that a calculator result is a starting point for a conversation with a professional, not a replacement for one.
How to reach us
Found a number that doesn't match the formula on the editorial standards page, or a guide that states something you can show is outdated? Use the contact form. Messages go to Chris directly, and any correction to a published figure is dated on the page, not quietly rewritten.