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Calorie-Burn Calculator

Stand up while working for better health

Just standing while at your desk promotes fitness. See the difference in calorie-burn.

Enter your weight
Enter hours worked per day
Enter time period days
If standing while working calories burned
If sitting while working calories burned
Calorie-burn increase calories
Activity points earned points

Notes

  • Values are based on Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) from the Compendium of Physical Activities
  • For activity akin to office work, METs range from 1.3–1.8 when sitting and 1.8–2.3 when standing
  • This calculator uses MET of 1.5 for sitting (MET code 11580) and MET of 2.0 for standing (MET code 09071)
  • Activity points are calculated under the Weight Watchers PointsPlus system; one activity point equals 70 extra calories expended. Value is rounded to nearest whole point

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