For this lab, you will be calculating your metabolic needs based on your basal metabolic rate and energy expenditure.Keep a 24-hour log of all of your activities - including sleeping, sitting, walking
Activity Log
| Activity | Duration of activity (in hours) | Number of calories this activity burns per kilogram per hour (kcal/kg/hr)* | Multiply the duration of the activity (in hours) by the number of calories burned per kilogram per hour | Value from previous column multiplied by your weight in kilograms |
| Energy Expenditure From All Activities (add up all of the values in the final column) = | ||||
Use the following list (taken from Wardlaw’s Perspectives in Nutrition, 2013) to assist you in completing the table:
Approximate Energy Costs of Common Activities:
Aerobics - Heavy = 8.0 kcal/kg/hr
Aerobics - Moderate = 5.0 kcal/kg/hr
Aerobics - Light = 3.0 kcal/kg/hr
Backpacking = 9.0 kcal/kg/hr
Basketball = 10.0 kcal/kg/hr
Bowling = 3.9 kcal/kg/hr
Calisthenics - Heavy = 8.0 kcal/kg/hr
Calisthenics - Light = 4.0 kcal/kg/hr
Canoeing (2.5 mph) = 3.3 kcal/kg/hr
Cleaning = 3.6 kcal/kg/hr
Cooking = 2.8 kcal/kg/hr
Cycling (5.5 mph) = 3.0 kcal/kg/hr
Cycling (13 mph) = 9.7 kcal/kg/hr
Dressing/Showering = 1.6
Driving = 1.7 kcal/kg/hr
Eating (Sitting) = 1.4 kcal/kg/hr
Football = 7.0 kcal/kg/hr
Golf = 3.6 kcal/kg/hr
Horseback Riding = 5.1 kcal/kg/hr
Ice Skating = 5.8 kcal/kg/hr
Jogging - Medium Pace = 9.0 kcal/kg/hr
Jogging - Slow Pace = 7.0 kcal/kg/hr
Laying Down = 1.3 kcal/kg/hr
Racquetball = 8.0 kcal/kg/hr
Roller Skating = 5.1 kcal/kg/hr
Running = 13.2 kcal/kg/hr
Shopping = 3.6 kcal/kg/hr
Skiing (10 mph) = 8.8 kcal/kg/hr
Sleeping = 1.2 kcal/kg/hr
Swimming - Slow = 8 kcal/kg/hr
Swimming - Moderate = 10.6 kcal/kg/hr
Tennis = 6.1 kcal/kg/hr
Volleyball = 5.1 kcal/kg/hr
Walking (2.5 mph) = 3.0 kcal/kg/hr
Walking (3.75 mph) = 4.4 kcal/kg/hr
Water Skiing = 7.0 kcal/kg/hr
Weight Lifting - Light = 4.0 kcal/kg/hr
Weight Lifting - Heavy = 9.0 kcal/kg/hr
Window Cleaning = 3.5 kcal/kg/hr
Writing (Sitting) = 1.7 kcal/kg/hr
