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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Physiol. 2012 Apr;2(2):1143–1211. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c110025

Table 9.

Estimation of caloric cost of removing walking/standing from daily living

Active activity Calories used Sedentary activity Calories used
Walk up one flight of stairs 4 Take escalator up one flight 0.1
Park and walk into fast food restaurant 23 Sit in car for 10 min in a drive-through lane at restaurant 5
Walk dog for 30 min 125 Let the dog out the back door 2
Stand for 30 min of phone calls 20 Recline for 30 min of phone calls 4
Walk into gas station to pay 5 Pay at pump 0.6
Walk 1 min to colleague & stand to talk to them for 4 min 6 Send e-mail to colleague 2
Walk length of two football fields parking away from store 10 Drive around until a parking space opens near store's entrance 3
Total for active 193 Total for sedentary 16.7