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Meet the METs.

Publication: Harvard Health Letter
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Meet the METs.(metabolic equivalents)(Report)

Article Excerpt
Meet the METs

Most of us think of exercise as burning up calories. But exercise researchers think in metabolic equivalents, or METs.

A single MET is the amount of energy you expend when you're sitting quietly. An activity is rated at 2 METs if it requires twice as much oxygen as sitting, 3 METs if it requires three times as much oxygen, and so forth and so on.

Activities that fall into the 3.0 to 6.0 MET range (some experts draw the line at 5.9) are classified as moderate and those...

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