TABLE 2.
PAR values for various activities from FAO report39
| Activity | Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average PAR | PAR Range | Average PAR | PAR Range | |
| Aerobic dancing—low intensity | 3.51 | 4.24 | ||
| Aerobic dancing—high intensity | 7.93 | 8.31 | ||
| Calisthenics | 5.44 | |||
| Child care (unspecified) | 2.5 | |||
| Climbing stairs | 5.0 | |||
| Dancing | 5.0 | 5.09 | ||
| Eating and drinking | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| Housework (unspecified) | 2.8 | 2.5 to 3.0 | ||
| Office worker—Filing | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| Office worker—Reading | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| Office worker—Sitting at desk | 1.3 | |||
| Office worker—Standing/moving around | 1.6 | |||
| Office worker—Typing | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| Office worker—Writing | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| Reading | 1.22 | 1.25 | ||
| Sleeping | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Sitting quietly | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| Sitting on a bus/train | 1.2 | |||
| Standing | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| Walking around/strolling | 2.1 | 2.0 to 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.1 to 2.9 |
| Walking quickly | 3.8 | |||
| Walking slowly | 2.8 | 2.8 to 3.0 | 3.0 | |