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Burn calories by doing the housework

Many people hate household chores, but they do burn a lot of calories. A good reason to take care of the house.

calculation
The study looked at the MET value of household chores. The MET value stands for Metabolic Equivalent of Task. You can use this to calculate your energy consumption. To calculate how many calories you burn, multiply the MET value by your body weight.

Which household chores burn you the most?
In the infographic below you can see the MET value per activity. We are going to clean the bathroom, do the shopping and vacuum.

Burn calories by doing the housework
Example
Suppose you weigh 70 kilos, then you burn 70×3=210 calories by washing the car.