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Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Jan;16(1):153–161. doi: 10.1038/oby.2007.6

Table 2.

Frequency distribution of NWCR entrants reporting various levels of physical activity: 1993–2004

Activity level (kcal/week)	1993–2004
Activity level (kcal/week)	M (%)	F (%)	All (%)
<500	12.7	16.0	15.2
500–999	10.0	10.2	10.1
1,000–1,499	10.3	11.0	10.8
1,500–1,999	8.6	10.4	10.0
2,000–2,499	9.3	10.0	9.9
2,500–2,999	8.4	9.4	9.1
3,000–3,499	9.8	7.2	7.9
3,500–3,999	5.6	6.2	6.0
4,000–4,499	6.0	4.6	4.9
4,500–4,999	4.1	3.6	3.7
>5,000	15.1	11.5	12.3

Excluding eight participants with Paffenbarger total kcal/week >23,000, kcal/week stairs >10,000, blocks >7,000, light activity >10,000, medium activity >15,000 or heavy activity >20,000.