WORK ACTIVITY LEVEL

LIGHT
- Professional and Technical worker, administrative and managerial, Sales reps., clerical and related worker, housewife.

MODERATE – Sales worker, service worker, domestic helper, student, transport worker, some construction work, e.g. joiner, roofer

MODERATE/HEAVY
– Equipment operator, labourer, agricultural worker, some construction work, e.g. bricklayer, mason


LEISURE ACTIVITY LEVEL

INACTIVE- driving, cooking, washing up, dusting, cleaning, vacuuming, cooking, playing snooker, bowls

MODERATELY ACTIVE
- making beds, painting and decorating, mopping floor, gardening, cleaning windows, playing table tennis, sailing, playing rounders, golf


VERY ACTIVE
- Polishing furniture, heavy gardening, chopping wood, volley ball, dancing, cycling, football, tennis, jogging, energetic swimming, skiing


Source: RHSS 41 Dietary Reference Values for Food, Energy & Nutrients for the UK, HMSO 1997