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Your Health
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Burning energy
Here is a table showing mean energy expenditure for real-life activities and their gaming equivalents.
| Activity |
Mean energy expenditure (kJ) |
| Each minute |
Each hour |
| Energy expenditure at rest |
5.0
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300 |
| Sedentary video gaming |
7.5 |
450 |
| Wii Sports bowling |
11.7 |
700 |
| Wii Sports tennis |
12.5 |
750 |
| Wii Sports boxing |
12.1 |
730 |
| Active Gaming |
| Sitting playing board games |
6.7 |
400 |
| Bowling |
13.3 |
800 |
| Tennis (doubles) |
22.2 |
1330 |
| Boxing (punch bag) |
26.8 |
1600 |
| Boxing (sparring) |
40.1 |
2410 |
Source: Adapted from Graves, Stratton, Ridgers, Cable. Energy expenditure in adolescents playing new generation computer games. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2008.
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