KNOW YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL

ACTIVITY CALORIC
EXPENDITURE
(kcal/kg/hr)
FEMALE MALE
BED REST 1.0 1.1
SEDENTARY/VERY LIGHT
Male: Teacher, Barber, Executive, Businessmen, Shoemaker, Priest, 1.2 1.3
Retired personnel, Landlord, Peon, Postman
Female: Teacher, Tailor, Executive, Businesswoman, Housewife, Nurse
Seated and standing activities, painting trades, laboratory work, typing,
playing musical instruments, sewing, ironing

LIGHT 1.5 1.6

Walking on level (2.5-3 mph), tailoring, pressing, garage work, electrical
trades, carpentry, restaurant trades, cannery workers, washing clothes,
shopping with light load, golf, sailing, table tennis, volleyball
MODERATE 1.6 1.7
Male: Fisherman, Basket-maker, Potter, Goldsmith, Agricultural laborer,
Mason, Rickshaw-puller, Electrician, Fitter, Turner, Welder,
Industrial Laborer, Weaver, Driver
Female: Maid servant, Coolie, Basket-maker, Weaver, Agricultural laborer
Auto and truck driving, walking (3.5-4 mph), plastering, weeding and
hoeing, loading and stacking bales, scrubbing floors, shopping with heavy
load, cycling, skiing, tennis, dancing
HEAVY/ VIGOROUS 1.9 2.1
Male: Stone-cutter, Blacksmith, Mine-worker, Woodcutter
Female: stonecutter
Walking with load uphill, tree felling, work with pick and shovel,
basketball, swimming, climbing, football
Strenuous, Exceptional, Special conditions, Severe conditions, Pregnancy, 2.2 2.4
Diabetes mellitus and Hypertension
 ILLNESS PROVISIONS

ILLNESS STRESS FACTOR

KCAL / KG
FEMALE MALE
No illness / non-stress 1.0 1.0
Convalescence, mild malnutrition, postoperative (no complication) 1.1 1.1
Mild illness, non-catabolic
Confined to bed 1.2 1.2
Ambulatory / out of bed 1.3 1.3
Infections and stress, catabolic
Mild 1.1 1.2
Moderate 1.3 1.4
Severe, hypercatabolic 1.5 1.7
Sepsis 1.8 2.0
Burns
< 20% BSA 1.2 1.4
20-40% BSA 1.5 1.7
> 40% BSA 1.8 2.0
Severe 2.1 2.3
Fracture, long bone 1.2 1.3
Respiratory / Renal failure 1.4 1.5
COPD 1.4 1.6
Cancer with chemotherapy or radiation; cardiac cachexia 1.5 1.6
Surgery,
Minor, Elective 1.1 1.2
Major 1.2 1.3
Trauma
Skeletal, blunt 1.3 1.4
Multiple, head injury 1.5 1.6