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| Activity | Intensity (kcal/kg/h) | Ratio to sleeping intensity |
|---|---|---|
| SLEEPING, NAPPING | 0.9 | 1 |
| WAKING (TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGE) | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| Intense manual work | 10.5 | 11.7 |
| Heavy sports/exercise | 9.7 | 10.8 |
| Farm hand (baling hay, cleaning barn) | 8 | 8.9 |
| Bike riding | 8 | 8.9 |
| Packing, moving boxes | 8 | 8.9 |
| Running | 8 | 8.9 |
| Gym exercise (stairmaster, bike, treadmill) | 7.2 | 8 |
| Swimming | 7 | 7.8 |
| Jogging | 7 | 7.8 |
| Tennis | 7 | 7.8 |
| Soccer | 7 | 7.8 |
| Moderate sports | 6.6 | 7.3 |
| Aerobics | 6.5 | 7.2 |
| Hard yardwork (chopping firewood, digging, shoveling snow) | 6 | 6.7 |
| Basketball | 6 | 6.7 |
| Hiking | 6 | 6.7 |
| Weight lifting | 6 | 6.7 |
| Moving large items (furniture) | 6 | 6.7 |
| Construction | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| Baseball/softball | 5 | 5.6 |
| Golf | 4.5 | 5 |
| Painting walls | 4.5 | 5 |
| Car washing | 4.5 | 5 |
| Painting | 4.5 | 5 |
| General yardwork (mowing lawn, trimming hedges) | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| Dancing / heavy partying | 4 | 4.4 |
| Caring for another person | 4 | 4.4 |
| Feeding / working with livestock | 4 | 4.4 |
| Playing outdoors with others | 4 | 4.4 |
| Walking | 4 | 4.4 |
| Gardening (weeding, landscaping, picking vegetables) | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Remodeling, repairing house, workshop, concrete work | 3.6 | 4 |
| Packing to move | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| Light sports | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| Fishing, hunting | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| Cleaning kitchen (sweeping) | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| Car maintenance, repair | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| Taking care of child/baby (feeding, bathing, dressing) | 3 | 3.3 |
| General housecleaning | 3 | 3.3 |
| Industrial plant/factory job (assembly line) | 3 | 3.3 |
| Light-intensity job standing/walking (hospital staff, real estate inspector) | 3 | 3.3 |
| Restaurant staff (waiter, chef) | 3 | 3.3 |
| Mechanic | 3 | 3.3 |
| Working in garage, general maintenance | 3 | 3.3 |
| Volunteer work | 3 | 3.3 |
| Bowling | 3 | 3.3 |
| Carpentry | 3 | 3.3 |
| Getting ready to leave (organizing) | 3 | 3.3 |
| Electrical work | 3 | 3.3 |
| Heavy cleaning outside/basement | 3 | 3.3 |
| Plumbing | 3 | 3.3 |
| Daycare | 3 | 3.3 |
| Moderate walking (doing errands, walking to school) | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Playing with children, baby | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Driving on-the-job (truck driver, bus driver, ambulance, tractor) | 2.7 | 3 |
| Petcare (walking, playing, cleaning, feeding) | 2.7 | 3 |
| Playing a musical instrument | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Darts, billiards/pool | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Yoga, physical therapy | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Lighting fire, furnace | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Grocery shopping | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| Driving car | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| Non-food shopping (clothing) | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| Household chores, light cleaning | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| Washing dishes / loading dishwasher | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| Ironing | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| Laundry | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Art, theater (directing, acting, painting, drawing, ceramics) | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Lawncare (watering, seeding, fertilizing) | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| Food preparation (cooking, baking, setting table) | 2 | 2.2 |
| Light-standing job (store clerk, bartender, hair stylist) | 2 | 2.2 |
| Choir rehearsal, singing | 2 | 2.2 |
| Pumping gas | 2 | 2.2 |
| Flying airplane | 2 | 2.2 |
| Teaching class | 1.8 | 2 |
| Personal grooming / dressing (shaving, showering, brushing teeth, sitting, standing) | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Social event talking while sitting | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Office work, typing | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Eating | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Talking/visiting (in person, on phone) | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Home projects (sewing, wrapping presents, arts and crafts) | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Board or card game, bingo, crosswords | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Video or computer game | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Sitting, lying quietly | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Sexual activity | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Waiting, standing | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Watching TV/movie, home or theater | 1 | 1.1 |
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- Klein, Sarah. “People Wake Up The Happiest In LA And The Grumpiest In Chicago.” HuffingtonPost.com, 29 Sep. 2014, www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/29/wake-up-mood-cities_n_5889750.html. Accessed 8 Jan. 2017.
- Dong, Linda, Gladys Block, and Shelly Mandel. “Activities Contributing to Total Energy Expenditure in the United States: Results from the NHAPS Study.” International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 1.1 (2004): 4.