Health Topics
Activity Factor
Activity Factor Table
| Amount of Exercise/Activity |
Description |
TEE/ Maintenance |
| Sedentary |
Little or no Exercise/ desk job |
TEE = 1.2 x BMR |
| Lightly active |
Light exercise/ sports 1 – 3 days/ week |
TEE = 1.375 x BMR |
| Moderately active |
Moderate Exercise, sports 3 – 5 days/ week |
TEE = 1.55 x BMR |
| Very active |
Heavy Exercise/ sports 6 – 7 days/ week |
TEE = 1.725 x BMR |
| Extremely active |
Very heavy exercise/ physical job/ training 2 x/ day |
TEE = 1.9 x BMR |
