Select Committee on Health Third Report


Annex 4: Energy inputs and outputs

Minutes required to burn off by activity:[421]
Nutritional content:[422] walking slowly walking mod. quickly strenuous activity
Calories Fat grams
Snack Food
Mars Bar (65g)294 11.498 5939
Popcorn (100g)405 7.7135 8154
Entrees
Big Mac (215g)492 23164 9866
Cheeseburger379 18.9126 7651
Kentucky Fried Chicken (67g) 19512 6539 26
Hamburger (108g)254 7.785 5134
Pizza Deluxe (1 slice/66g) 1716.7 5734 23
Pizza (½ pizza/135g) 2634.9 8853 35
Potato Wedges (135g) 27913 9356 37
Bombay Potato (200g) 20210.4 6740 27
Chicken Korma (300g) 49831 166100 66
Chicken Tikka  (150g) 2326.2 7746 31
Beverages
Can of coke (330ml) 1390 4628 19
Pint of beer182 061 3624
Gin, 40% alcohol (25ml) 550 1811 7
Sherry (50ml)68 023 149
Wine (1 glass/120ml) 870 2917 12
Vodka, 40% alcohol (25ml) 550 1811 7
Total energy used by a man aged 25 years (weighing 65kg) to undertake various activities.[423]
Average energy expenditure[424] Minutes to burn off a 65g Mars Bar (294cal) Minutes to burn a 215g Big Mac (492cal)
Kcal/min 294 cal/(Kcal/min) 494 cal/(Kcal/min)
Everyday Activities
Sitting1.40 210351
Standing1.70 173289
Washing, dressing 3.5084 141
Walking slowly 3.0098 164
Walking moderately quickly 5.0059 98
Walking up and down stairs 9.0033 55
Work and Recreation
Light Activity (most domestic work, golf, lorry driving, carpentry, bricklaying) 2.5-4.979 133
Moderate Activity (gardening, tennis, dancing, jogging, cycling up to 20km per hour, digging) 5.0-7.447 79
Strenuous Activity (coal mining, cross-country running, football, swimming [crawl]) >7.539 66




421   Total energy used by a man aged 25 years (weighing 65kg) to do various activities. Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1992) Manual of Nutrition. HMSO, London Back

422   Source: www.weightlossresources.co.uk. Back

423   In 2002, the average man in England was 174.8 cm tall, weighed 82.4 kg and had a BMI of 26.9.The average woman was 161.3 cm tall, weighed 69.5 kg and had a BMI 26.7.See "Body mass index, by survey year, age and sex," Adults 1993-2002 Table 6, Health Survey for England - Trend Data.  Back

424   Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1992) Manual of Nutrition. HMSO, London. Back


 
previous page contents next page

House of Commons home page Parliament home page House of Lords home page search page enquiries index

© Parliamentary copyright 2004
Prepared 27 May 2004