The physical activity level is a way to express a person's daily physical activity as a number, and is used to estimate a person's total energy expenditure.

What is your activity level?

Activity level is a number used to express how physically active someone's lifestyle is. It is derived by dividing total energy expenditure by basal metabolic rate and is typically between 1.4 and 2.1.

What is considered active activity level?

Fewer than 1,000 steps a day is sedentary. 1,000 to 10,000 steps or about 4 miles a day is Lightly Active. 10,000 to 23,000 steps or 4 to 10 miles a day is considered Active. More than 23,000 steps or 10 miles a day is Highly active.