Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Calory - Activity Measurement

Do you know that calories is a measure of energy provided by food and is not a nutrient performing a specific function in the body?


These are the activity and energy expenditure per hour per pound of body weight







































































Cal/Hr/Lb Activity Cal/Hr?Lb
0.4 Walking, 3 miles per hour 1.5
0.5 Painting furniture 2.3
0.6 Bicycling, moderate speed 1.7
0.7 Dancing, slowly 2.0
0.8 Walking, 4 miles per hour 2.2
0.7 Dancing, fast 2.4
0.7 Horseback riding, trot 2.6
0.9 Swimming 4.5
2.2 Running 4.0
1.0 Playing ping-pong 0.7
1.0 Playing piano 1.2
1.0 Tailoring 1.0
1.0 writing 0.7

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