Energy needs depend on your lifestyle

The more active you are the more energy you need. This chart shows the energy used in doing each activity for one hour. One kiloJoule (kJ) is one thousand Joules (J).

Activity	Energy used in one hour hour
sleeping	200 kJ
office work	600 kJ
walking	1000 kJ
manual work	1250 kJ
cycling	1500 kJ
swimming	1800 kJ
football	2200 kJ