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Metabolic Rates for a Young 150 Pound Adult
| Activity |
Calories per hour |
Calories per day |
| Sleeping |
52 |
1239 |
| Lying awake |
56 |
1352 |
| Sitting up |
70 |
1690 |
| Standing |
122 |
2929 |
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If you ate a 350 Calorie candy bar you would have ingested enough
energy to keep a 100 watt bulb lit for over 4 hours. If you wanted
to work off those calories by doing something over and above standing
around you would have to do the activity shown below for the number
of hours in the right hand column.
| Activity |
Calories per hour |
Hours to work of 350 calories |
| Walking |
202 |
4.4 |
| Bicycling |
357 |
1.5 |
| Shoveling |
432 |
1.5 |
| Swimming |
516 |
1.1 |
| Skiing |
704 |
0.6 |
| Running |
845 |
0.5 |
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The nominal maximum amount of work one can do continuously over
and above basic living, is about 3000 Calories worth ---- the equivalent
of keeping a 150 watt bulb lit, all day and all night
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