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The Number of Calories Burned by Some Common Winter Holiday Activities
Health Facts posted 3 years ago by jdahms
Many common winter holiday activities can help you burn off
the extra calories you consume by eating big meals and holiday treats. Below is
a list of winter holiday activities and the number of calories you will burn if
you engage in them for one hour. The number of calories burned is based on a
person weighing 150 lbs. If you weigh more, you will burn more calories, and if
you weigh less you will burn fewer calories.
|
Cross-country
skiing |
612
calories |
|
Snowshoeing |
544
calories |
|
Ice
skating |
476
calories |
|
Sledding |
476 calories |
|
Shoveling
snow |
408
calories |
|
Splitting
firewood |
408
calories |
|
Dancing |
306
calories |
|
Decking
the halls and tree |
247
calories |
|
Building
a snowman |
238 calories |
|
Baking
cookies |
170
calories |
|
|
157 calories |
|
Caroling |
129
calories |
|
Writing
holiday cards |
123 calories |
For more information about physical activity, join the
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Source: Indiana State Department of Health www.in.gov/isdh/
Photo: Derek Faulkner, Flickr, Creative Commons
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