Exercise Machine Calorie Metric

Hey everyone!

I'm a bit of a gym newbie, and I noticed that cardio machines like treadmills and ellipticals have a "calories burned" section - am I correct in assuming those machines are underestimating for overweight people, and vice versa for underweight people?

As a bit of a follow up question - do you folks use any method of determining a more accurate calorie burnage, either by doing some calculation on the amount shown on the machine or by some other method?

Thanks for the help!

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