Interactive Tool: How Many Calories Did You Burn?

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Click here to find the number of calories you burn during exercise and daily physical activities .^{1, 2, 3}

This interactive tool measures how many calories are burned during common activities. The food you eat is measured in calories. The energy you expend every day is also measured in calories. You are using energy all the time, even at rest. The more vigorous the activity and the longer the time you do it, the more calories you burn.

This tool also uses your weight to calculate calories burned, because a heavier person burns more calories per activity than a lighter person.

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	Calories burned

Your results tell you how many calories you burn doing a specific activity, whether it is housecleaning, gardening, skiing, or running. This tool can help remind you of all the activities you can do to stay healthy. Keep in mind that vigorous activity may also increase your metabolism (and the number of calories burned) even after you have stopped the activity.

Start building more physical activity into your daily life. You don't have to "work out" to be active. The cumulative effect of lots of various activities can improve your health. For more information, see the topic Fitness.

The calorie-per-activity data was adapted from several sources.^{1, 2, 3}

Citations

1. Ainsworth BE (2002). The Compendium of Physical Activities Tracking Guide. Columbia, SC: Prevention Research Center, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. Available online: http://prevention.sph.sc.edu/tools/compendium.htm.

2. McArdle WD, et al. (1991). Energy transfer in exercise. In Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition and Human Performance, 3rd ed., pp. 123–144. Malvern, PA: Lea and Febiger.

3. Sharkey B (1997). Fitness and Health, 4th ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.