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| Caloric Expenditure During Various Activities | |
| Activity | Calories/minute |
| Sleeping | 1.2 |
| Sitting | 1.3 |
| Standing | 1.5 |
| Standing.. doing light activity | 2.6 |
| Driving a car | 2.8 |
| Making a bed | 3.1 |
| Sweeping floors | 3.9 |
| Ironing clothes | 4.2 |
| Walking indoors | 3.1 |
| Walking downstairs | 7.1 |
| Walking upstairs | 10.1 - 18.1 |
| Cycling at 5 - 15 miles/hour | 5 - 12 |
| Skipping rope | 10 - 15 |
| Football | 13 |
| Tennis | 7 - 11 |
| Badminton | 5 - 10 |
| Walking (3.5 MPH) | 5 -7 |
| Running (12 min mile) | 10 |
| Adapted
from Sharkey, B.J. Physiology of Fitness. Champaign Illinois. Human Kinetics Publishers 1979 |
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