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

Table 7 Physical Activity Patterns of each EPA Region in the NHAPS Survey¹.

EPA Region	Number of Individuals (N)	Leisure Time Physical Activities (%)²	Household Related Activities (%)²	No participation in LT PA (%)³	Mean Score (kcal/kg)
New England	464	7.2	26.2	84.5	38.5
North Atlantic	770	6.0	27.1	84.2	38.6
Mid-Atlantic	890	4.7	27.4	88.7	38.3
South Atlantic	1356	4.4	26.5	87.9	38.8
Midwest	1319	4.6	26.0	88.3	38.7
South Central	787	4.5	28.5	86.9	38.8
Central	345	3.5	28.1	91.6	39.3
North Central	276	5.7	24.9	83.3	39.4
Pacific	1005	7.6	26.0	82.8	38.4
Mountain	303	7.0	27.3	82.5	40.0

¹National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS). ²Percentage of energy expenditure for each group. ³Percentage of individuals who did not report at least one occurrence of leisure time physical activity in the past 24-hour period.

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