What is a Metabolic Equivalent?
Metabolic equivalent (MET) is the amount of oxygen required to maintain resting metabolism.
Metabolic equivalent
- Chinese name
- Metabolic equivalent (MET) is the amount of oxygen required to maintain resting metabolism.
- Metabolic equivalent is a commonly used indicator of relative energy metabolism level in various activities based on energy consumption in quiet and sitting position. Can be used to assess cardiopulmonary function. 1MET = 3.5ml / (kg · min) of oxygen consumption. For example, when a person is sitting quietly, the MET is about 1.0, and the running MET at a speed of 9.6km / h is about 10.0. The picture on the right is a summary of MET for certain sports and daily activities: