Calories Burned by 30 Minutes of sitting quietly and watching television
Last Update - 14th January 2016
The calories burned, for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 56 Calories, in 30 minutes of sitting quietly and watching television.
The calories burned, for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 48 Calories, in 30 minutes of sitting quietly and watching television.
Calories Burned Score and Rank
The activity sitting quietly and watching television has a Calorie Burned Score© of 2.60 out of 100. This is our new score, which relates the calories burned to the maximum possible calories. This score the calorie burn is 2.60 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible.
This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 97.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 97.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. By comparing to our full database of activities there are 801.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn.
Calories per minute and per hour
The calories burned per minute, by sitting quietly and watching television for an average man is 2 Calories per minute, and for an average woman is 2 Calories per minute.
The calories burned in one hour is 112 calories for a typical man, and 96 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
Activities Which Burn the Same Calories
The activities which burn the same number of calories as sitting quietly and watching television are as follows -
- being a passenger on a power boat
- farming, milking by machine, light effort
- having hair or nails done by someone else
- kneeling in church or at home, praying
- knitting, sewing, light effort, wrapping presents, sitting
- lying quietly, doing nothing, lying in bed awake, listening to music (not talking or reading)
- passive, light effort kissing or hugging
- police, riding in a squad car, sitting
- reclining, reading
- reclining, talking or talking on phone
Comparing to Inactivity
30 mins of inactivity for example just sitting and watching television burns 43 calories for a typical man and 37 calories for a typical woman. Which means sitting quietly and watching television burns 1.4 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 1.3 times more calories for an average female.
Equivalent Calories in Food
This level of 56 calories burnt by an average man is equivalent to 0.1 Big Macs, 0.2 snickers bar, 0.5 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.2 cheeseburgers, 0.2 slices of pizza or 0.1 large blueberry muffins. For an average female burning 48 calories is equivalent to 0.1 Big Macs, 0.2 snickers bar, 0.4 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.2 cheeseburgers, 0.2 slices of pizza or 0.1 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss From sitting quietly and watching television
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity sitting quietly and watching television? Taking this example of in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.01 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.01 pounds.
Based on 4 sessions per week of for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 25 weeks for a man and 25 weeks for a woman, assuming no other changes in lifestyle or eating habits.
The same 4 sessions per week of for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 14 weeks for a man and 17 weeks for a woman. To personalise the calories burned sitting quietly and watching television, please enter your weight and time spent performing the activity, in minutes, into the box below and press the calculate button to find your calories burned.
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Reference:
Compendium of physical activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities.
Ainsworth, B, Haskell, W, Whitt, M.
Med Sci Sports Ex, 32(9): S498-S516, 2000.