Article: Health & Life: Kiss the calories goodbye!; Ironing shirts is more exercise than walking slowly, writing a letter takes more energy than sweeping a floor. Ever wondered just how many calories you are burning up on a daily basis? DIANE PARKES reports.

WHY do we exercise? Because we want to get fit and burn off that fat. But many of us are exercising without even noticing.

Each form of exercise and movement takes energy and this can be directly counted as calories which are used up to achieve that movement. Just living and breathing takes energy so even the most sedentary person is burning off calories.

Balancing calorie intake with the amount of energy used on a ...

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