Activity Level

SEDENTARY

The sedentary activity level includes activities of daily living, without additional exercise. These activities include housework, grocery shopping, walking the dog, walking to the bus, mowing the lawn, and gardening. Unless you do at least 30 minutes per day of intentional exercise, this level is for you!

LOW ACTIVE

The low active activity level includes activities of daily living plus exercise that is equal to walking for 30 minutes at 4 miles per hour every day. For an adult of average weight, this amount of exercise will burn about 120 additional Calories. Exercises with less intensity (METS) will need to be performed longer to burn the same amount of Calories. Likewise, exercises with more intensity can be performed for less time to achieve the same goal.

ACTIVE

The active activity level includes activities of daily living plus exercise that is equal to walking for 1 hour 45 minutes at 4 miles per hour every day. For an adult of average weight, this amount of exercise will burn about 410 additional Calories.

VERY ACTIVE

The very active activity level includes activities of daily living plus exercise that is equal to walking for 4 hours 15 minutes at4 miles per hour every day. For an adult of average weight, this amount of exercise will burn about 1000 additional Calories.