Tag Archives: Calories

Swimming Calories Calculator

Swimming is not only an extremely effective way to burn calories, it’s far more gentle on the body compared to other activities, and can be an option even when suffering from injury. How Many Calories Does Swimming Burn? To figure out how many calories burned swimming, a unit called a MET (metabolic equivalent of task)… Read More »

Calories Burned From Skiing Calculator

How many calories does skiing burn? How many calories burned skiing depends on the level of effort you’re exerting, your body weight and the terrain you’re skiing on. Downhill skiing will burn approximately 300 to 600 calories per hour, although it depends on your body weight. A downhill skier weighing 155 pounds can burn 446… Read More »

How long will it take to burn off these calories?: The controversial next step in nutrition labeling

According to scientists, Brits consume, on average, 6,000 calories on Christmas Day alone. So, in an experiment published last year in the British Medical Journal, U.K. researchers explored whether providing people with the amount of exercise required to burn off the calories in, say, a single piece of mincemeat pie (21 minutes of running) or… Read More »