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Re:Paris preserves its mixed society by pouring billions int... by leereeves on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @02:50PM (#39770525)
I don't. Could you explain what you mean?

Here's what I found: the formula given in the article is "calories burned = BMR x METs/24 x hour"

But the METs for lying quietly is 1. The author certainly forgot to subtract 1 from METs in that equation, and could easily have also forgotten to do so when calculating the given numbers.

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Re:Paris preserves its mixed society by pouring billions int... by circlefavshape on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @03:27PM (#39770969)
It just wouldn't make any sense to tell people "you burn X calories when walking/running/whatever for an hour" if they had to subtract their base metabolic rate from the number.
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Re:Paris preserves its mixed society by pouring billions int... by leereeves on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @03:43PM (#39771157)
I agree it should state the excess calories burned. I think the author probably misunderstood the formula.
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