Physical Activity Level: Light

If your job does not require manual work or long distance walk, and you normally use motor vehicles/MTR/train for transportation and do not do regular exercise or participate in sports and spend most of your leisure time sitting or standing, with minimal body movement (such as talking, reading, watching television, listening to radio and using computer, etc.), your physical activity* level is light.

Persons such as:

• Clerical workers who occasionally engage in physical activities during or outside working hours
• Housewives who care for children and do chores at home

*Note:

Physical activities refer to habitual physical activities carried out during or outside working hours.

Physical Activity Level: Moderate

If your job does not require strenuous physical activities, but is more physically demanding than other jobs where people are sedentary or have a low level of physical activity*, your physical activity level is moderate. If you are a clerical worker who regularly engages in moderate to strenuous physical activities, your physical activity* level is also moderate.

Persons such as:

• Electricians or carpenters
• Clerical workers who walk or take part in moderate physical activities (such as stair climbing) for at least 30 minutes per day, 5 times per week, or take part in strenuous physical activities (such as jogging, running, cycling, swimming, aerobic dancing and playing basketball etc.) for at least 20 minutes per day, 3 times per week.

*Note:

Physical activities refer to habitual physical activities carried out during or outside working hours.

Physical Activity Level: High

If your job requires manual work, or you engage in a huge amount of strenuous leisure activities every day, your physical activity level is high.

Persons such as:

• Construction workers and farm workers
• Clerical workers who take part in moderate physical activities (such as brisk walking and stair climbing) for an average of one hour per day or take part in strenuous physical activities (such as jogging, running, cycling, swimming, aerobic dancing and playing basketball) for at least 30 minutes per day.

*Note:

Physical activities refer to habitual physical activities carried out during or outside working hours.