If our metabolisms ran as fast as a squirrel’s, we’d eat the equivalent of 85 burgers a day. Here’s some interesting if not meaningless facts:
- Calories burned daily by the average 130-pound woman: 1,400
- Calories burned daily by the average 155-pound man: 1,800
- Calories burned daily by the average rat: 30
- Calories burned daily by the average cow: 5,500
- Excess daily calories required to gain 10 pounds in a year: 100
- Percentage of Americans who are physically active (including walking): 22
