Calories: a unit of energy
There are many factors that affect how many calories your body needs, including:
- Your age, height, weight, sex
- Your activity level
- Your health or weight goals
It’s easier to adjust food sources of calories than try to exercise it off.
Most processed foods, snacks, and sweetened beverages are calorie dense.
Walking briskly for 1 hour only burns off about 250-350 calories.
Shoveling snow by hand for 1 hour will burn off 420-550 calories.