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AFICNews May 2010










Calorie expenditure through exercise and other activities
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This calculator enables you to work out your calorie expenditure during a typical day by inputting a time value (min) for each daily activity or to calculate the calorie expenditure for a defined period of time across all activities:

Enter Your Weight in Kilograms:


 

Select Your Gender:

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Female


 


 
minutes
 
 
Type of Activity:

Time in
Minutes

Energy Expended
(kcal)

 
Sleeping
Sitting quietly
Knitting / sewing
Sitting (eating)
Standing quietly
Typing (electric)
Sitting (writing)
Ironing
Cooking
Volleyball
Walking slowly (4km/hr)
Light housework
Food shopping
Mopping floor
Cycling (leisure)
Table tennis
Walking briskly (6km/hr)
Golf
Badminton
Dancing (aerobic, medium intensity)
Tennis
Jogging (slow) (7 km/hr)
Gardening (digging)
Swimming (crawl, slow)
Football
Dancing (aerobic, intense)
Basketball
Running (slow) (8 km/hr)
Swimming (crawl, fast)
Swimming (breaststroke)
Swimming (backstroke)
Running (medium) (10 km/hr)
Running (fast) (12 km/hr)
Squash
 
   
TOTALS
minutes

kcal
   
 

Notes:

  1. The activities above are listed in increasing order of energy expenditure per minute of activity.
  2. 1 kcal (kilocalorie) is the same as 1,000 calories, or 4,186 joules.
  3. There are 1,440 minutes in 1 day (24 hour period).
  4. Source of above information: Your Personal Calorie Counter, Food & Nutrition Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore.





 

 



 

 
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