Activities Contributing to Total Energy Expenditure in the United States: Results from the NHAPS Study

Table 5 Race and Gender Patterns of Physical Activity in the NHAPS Study³.

Race	Gender	Number of Individuals (N)	Number of activities¹	Leisure Time Physical Activities		Household Related Activities		Mean Score (kcal/kg)
				(%) ²	(kcal/kg)	(%) ²	(kcal/kg)
White	Male	2753	31	6.7	2.70	20.3	8.18	40.3
	Female	3399	26	4.5	1.71	34.0	12.92	38.0
African-American	Male	277	23	6.3	2.39	16.7	6.35	38.0
	Female	442	17	1.5	0.55	29.7	10.87	36.6
Hispanic	Male	124	25	6.3	2.48	20.0	7.86	39.3
	Female	155	19	4.5	1.68	32.2	12.04	37.4
Asian	Male	63	17	3.2	1.12	21.7	7.62	35.1
	Female	60	21	8.1	3.05	23.4	8.82	37.7

¹Number of activities to account for 90% of energy expenditure for each group. ²Percentage of energy expenditure for each group ³National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS). 173 individuals refused to identify their ethnicity and are not included in this table.

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