Table 2 Activities that account for 90% of energy expenditure in the United States, not including sleeping1.
Rank | Activity Description | MET | Percent of Total Score (%) | Cumulative Percentage (%) | Number of people |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Driving car | 2.3 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 6574 |
2 | Job: Office work, typing | 1.5 | 9.2 | 20.1 | 2094 |
3 | Watching TV/movie, home or theater | 1.0 | 8.6 | 28.8 | 5919 |
4 | Taking care of child/baby, (feeding, bathing, dressing) | 3.0 | 8.4 | 37.2 | 6545 |
5 | Activities performed while sitting quietly | 1.3 | 5.8 | 42.9 | 4086 |
6 | Eating (sitting) | 1.5 | 5.3 | 48.2 | 6843 |
7 | Cleaning house, general | 3.0 | 3.9 | 52.2 | 1489 |
8 | Talking/ Visiting, in person or on phone | 1.5 | 3.8 | 56.0 | 2858 |
9 | Job: Industrial plant/factory (e.g. assembly line) | 3.0 | 3.8 | 59.7 | 333 |
10 | Food preparation (e.g. cooking, baking, setting table) | 2.0 | 2.9 | 62.7 | 3996 |
11 | Job: Construction site | 5.5 | 2.8 | 65.4 | 119 |
12 | Job: Light intensity, stand/walking (e.g. hospital staff, real estate) | 3.0 | 2.7 | 68.1 | 291 |
13 | Yard work-general (e.g. mowing lawn, trimming hedges) | 4.3 | 2.6 | 70.7 | 559 |
14 | Attending event (social) involving talking while sitting | 1.6 | 2.2 | 73.0 | 1499 |
15 | Shopping for non-foods (e.g. clothing) | 2.3 | 2.1 | 75.0 | 1408 |
16 | Job: Light standing (e.g. store clerk, bartender, hair stylist, lab work) | 2.0 | 1.8 | 76.8 | 289 |
17 | Job: Farm hand (chores: baling hay, cleaning barn) | 8.0 | 1.5 | 78.4 | 57 |
18 | Job: Restaurant staff (e.g. waiter, chef) | 3.0 | 1.5 | 79.9 | 129 |
19 | Job: Teaching class | 1.8 | 1.1 | 81.0 | 195 |
20 | Laundry | 2.2 | 1.1 | 82.0 | 863 |
21 | Walking, moderately, (e.g. doing errands, walking to school) | 2.8 | 1.0 | 83.1 | 716 |
22 | Fishing and Hunting | 3.3 | 0.9 | 84.0 | 103 |
23 | Cleaning kitchen (sweeping) | 3.3 | 0.9 | 84.9 | 689 |
24 | Shopping for food, putting groceries away | 2.4 | 0.9 | 85.7 | 1125 |
25 | Swimming | 7.0 | 0.8 | 86.6 | 96 |
26 | Job: Mechanic | 3.0 | 0.7 | 87.3 | 56 |
27 | Gardening: Weeding, landscaping, picking vegetables | 3.7 | 0.6 | 87.9 | 198 |
28 | Remodeling, repairing house, workshop, concrete work | 3.6 | 0.6 | 88.5 | 123 |
29 | Exercise, aerobics | 6.5 | 0.6 | 89.1 | 248 |
30 | Job: Driving (e.g. truck driver, bus, ambulance, tractor) | 2.7 | 0.6 | 89.7 | 88 |
31 | Dancing/ Heavy Partying (all styles of dancing) | 4.0 | 0.6 | 90.2 | 122 |