{
  "id": "calories-burned",
  "version": "52662ff384cd",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "Calories Burned Calculator",
  "question": "How many calories burned?",
  "summary": "Estimates the calories burned in an exercise or activity from its MET value in the 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities, body weight and minutes.",
  "category": "health",
  "subcategory": "body",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/health/calories-burned-calculator",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/health/calories-burned-calculator.md",
  "kind": "function",
  "method": "Calories = MET × 3.5 × weight in kg ÷ 200 × minutes (2024 Adult Compendium unit conversions).",
  "assumptions": [
    "MET values are the 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities values for adults aged 19 to 59.",
    "One MET is 3.5 mL of oxygen per kg per minute, and a litre of oxygen is 5 kcal, so kcal per minute = MET × 3.5 × kg ÷ 200.",
    "The result is an average for the activity; fitness, effort, age and body make-up change the real number."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "activity": {
        "title": "Activity",
        "description": "The exercise or activity, which sets its MET value.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "17190",
          "17200",
          "17080",
          "12020",
          "12030",
          "12050",
          "12070",
          "12090",
          "12120",
          "17131",
          "01010",
          "01020",
          "01030",
          "01040",
          "01200",
          "01270",
          "02000",
          "02048",
          "02049",
          "02054",
          "02050",
          "02022",
          "02020",
          "02040",
          "02214",
          "02068",
          "02071",
          "02072",
          "02065",
          "02150",
          "02160",
          "02105",
          "02310",
          "02101",
          "15055",
          "15610",
          "15605",
          "15675",
          "15685",
          "15690",
          "15710",
          "15265",
          "15290",
          "15620",
          "15230",
          "15360",
          "15430",
          "15110",
          "15537",
          "15530",
          "15590",
          "15670",
          "15370",
          "18240",
          "18230",
          "18265",
          "18255",
          "18310",
          "18355",
          "18100",
          "18070",
          "18220",
          "19160",
          "19090",
          "19030",
          "19190",
          "19252",
          "03031",
          "03040",
          "03010",
          "05030",
          "05043",
          "05050",
          "08245",
          "08120",
          "08160",
          "07021",
          "07040",
          "07030"
        ]
      },
      "weight": {
        "title": "Weight",
        "description": "Your body weight.",
        "type": [
          "number",
          "string"
        ],
        "x-quantity": "mass",
        "minimum": 20,
        "maximum": 350
      },
      "min": {
        "title": "Minutes",
        "description": "How long you do the activity, in minutes.",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1,
        "maximum": 1440
      }
    }
  },
  "outputs": {
    "calories": {
      "label": "Calories burned",
      "description": "Total kilocalories burned, including what the body burns at rest.",
      "format": "number"
    },
    "net": {
      "label": "Above resting",
      "description": "Kilocalories beyond what you would burn resting for the same time: (MET − 1) of the total.",
      "format": "number"
    },
    "perHour": {
      "label": "Calories per hour",
      "description": "Kilocalories burned per hour of the activity at this weight.",
      "format": "number"
    },
    "met": {
      "label": "MET value",
      "description": "The Compendium’s energy cost of the activity as a multiple of the resting rate.",
      "format": "number"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "activity": "12050",
      "weight": 72.57477920000001,
      "min": 30
    },
    "outputs": {
      "calories": 354.346359444,
      "net": 316.244600364,
      "perHour": 708.692718888,
      "met": 9.3
    },
    "text": "30 minutes of this activity at 160 lb burns about 354 calories."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "activity": "12050",
        "weight": 72.57477920000001,
        "min": 30
      },
      "expect": {
        "calories": 354.3463594440001,
        "net": 316.24460036400006,
        "perHour": 708.6927188880002,
        "met": 9.3
      },
      "source": "2024 Adult Compendium (Herrmann and others, 2024), code 12050, 9.3 MET; hand calculation in content.mdx"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "activity": "18240",
        "weight": 70,
        "min": 45
      },
      "expect": {
        "calories": 319.725,
        "net": 264.6,
        "met": 5.8
      },
      "source": "2024 Adult Compendium (Herrmann and others, 2024), code 18240, 5.8 MET; 5.8 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200 × 45"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "activity": "02150",
        "weight": 60,
        "min": 60
      },
      "expect": {
        "calories": 144.89999999999998,
        "net": 81.9,
        "perHour": 144.89999999999998
      },
      "source": "2024 Adult Compendium (Herrmann and others, 2024), code 02150, 2.3 MET; 2.3 × 3.5 × 60 ÷ 200 × 60"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "activity": "07021",
        "weight": 80,
        "min": 60
      },
      "expect": {
        "calories": 84,
        "net": 0,
        "met": 1
      },
      "source": "2024 Adult Compendium (Herrmann and others, 2024), code 07021, 1.0 MET; 1 × 3.5 × 80 ÷ 200 × 60 = 84"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "Herrmann SD, Willis EA, Ainsworth BE, et al. 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities: a third update of the energy costs of human activities. J Sport Health Sci. 2024;13(1):6-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2023.10.010",
    "Compendium of Physical Activities: 2024 Adult Compendium, activity lists by major heading. https://pacompendium.com/adult-compendium/",
    "Compendium of Physical Activities: Unit Conversions (1 MET = 3.5 mL/kg/min = 1 kcal/kg/h; METs to kcal/min = MET × 3.5 × kg ÷ 200). https://pacompendium.com/unite-conversions/"
  ],
  "related": [
    "treadmill-calorie",
    "calories-burned-walking",
    "tdee"
  ],
  "changelog": []
}