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Calorie Burning Chart
Calories Burnt in Various Activities (per minute)
| Activity | Cal. expenditure per min |
| Laying still |
1.0 |
| Sitting, standing, reading, writing, eating,
playing cards and handsewing etc. |
1.5 |
| Driving car, tailoring |
2.0 |
| Washing floors, sweeping and ironing |
2.2 |
| Golf |
2.5 |
| Walking 5 km. per hour speed |
3.0 |
| Walking 7 km. per hour speed |
4.5 |
| Walking 9 km. per hour speed |
9.0 |
| Gardening, Weeding etc. |
5.0 |
| Cycling (depending upon speed) |
3.5 to 8.0 |
| Boxing, Rowing |
12.0 |
| Dancing |
5.0 |
| Table Tennis |
5.50 |
| Tennis |
6.0 |
| Swimming 3 km per hour speed |
9.0 |
| Football |
8.0 |
| Running (depending upon speed) |
10 to 25 |
| Other exercises |
| a) Light |
2.5 |
| b) Moderate |
4.0 |
| c) Severe | 8.0 |
The above chart gives the figure of calories burnt for a person of average weight 60 kg. Persons of different weights will burn Calories proportionate to their weight. For example, a person of 80 kg. weight will bum calories equal to 80 / 60 x calorie expenditure per minute.
It is important to note from the above table that even when we are laying still or sleeping, we are still consuming 60 calories per hour. This is because internal processes of our body are still going on like breathing, blood circulation and pumping of heart, digestion, repair and replacement of cells/tissues etc.
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