Appendix 1
Metabolic equivalent of task (MET) values used to calculate daily physical activity in the Scottish Health Survey


Appendix 1
Metabolic equivalent of task (MET) values used to calculate daily physical activity in the Scottish Health Survey
Table summary
This table displays the results of Metabolic equivalent of task (MET) values used to calculate daily physical activity in the Scottish Health Survey. The information is grouped by Activity (appearing as row headers), METs (appearing as column headers).
Activity METs
Heavy housework (HRSHWK) 4
Heavy manual labour (HRSMAN) 4
Walking (HRSWLK1) 3
Swimming (SWIMOCC, SWIMTIM) 3
Cycling (CYCLEOCC, CYCLETIM) 4
Working out at a gym / exercise (WEIGHOCC, WEIGHTIM) 3
Aerobics / keep fit / gymnastics / dance for fitness (AEROOCC, AEROTIM) 4
Any other type of dancing (DANCEOCC, DANCETIM) 4
Running/jogging (RUNOCC, RUNTIM) 9.5
Football/rugby (FTBLLOCC, FTBLLTIM) 5
Badminton/tennis (TENNOCC, TENNTIM) 4
Squash (SQUASOCC, SQUASTIM) 4
Exercises (e.g., press ups, sit ups) (EXOCC, EXTIM) 3
Other (1) (ACTAOCC, ACTATIM) 4
Other (2) (ACTBOCC, ACTBTIM) 4
Other (3) (ACTCOCC, ACTCTIM) 4
Other (4) (actdocc, actdtim) 4
Other (5) (DayExc15, ExcTim15) 4
Source: Authors' compilation.

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