The January 2008 issue of the research journal Obesity included a fascinating article that documented the activity patterns of obese and lean women. I won’t summarize all the details because you can read the entire article online.
In short, obese women sat for two and half hours more than lean women and stood for two hours less than lean women each day. Obese women also spent about half as much time each day in activity of all sorts (walking, climbing stairs, etc.).
The upshot was that obese women burned about 300 calories fewer each day than lean women.
