Activities Contributing to Total Energy Expenditure in the United States: Results from the NHAPS Study

Table 6 Physical Activity Patterns of each Age Group in the NHAPS Survey¹.

Age Group	Number of Individuals (N)	Leisure Time Physical Activities (%)²	Household Related Activities (%)²	No participation in LT PA (%)³	Mean Score (kcal/kg)
18–24	733	7.9	18.6	82.1	38.4
25–34	1622	6.7	23.8	82.2	40.0
35–44	1489	4.8	26.6	87.2	40.2
45–54	1187	4.7	26.9	87.4	39.1
55–64	962	3.6	30.5	89.5	38.7
65–74	816	5.2	35.2	88.4	36.7
75+	533	1.9	36.0	92.3	34.0

¹National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS). ² Percentage of energy expenditure for each group. ³Percentage of individuals who did not report at least one occurrence of leisure time physical activity in the previous 24-hour period.

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