Eating standing up - why those bites don't register
Standing while you cook or snack does not burn the food off - standing only adds about 9 kcal an hour over sitting. The real trouble is the bites you grab and forget, which can quietly add up to about 170 kcal a day.
12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Eating standing up burns off the food, so standing snacks don't count.
mostly false
Mostly false - standing burns only about 9 kcal per hour more than sitting (0.15 kcal a minute). A 170 kcal snack eaten standing would need about 19 hours of extra standing to burn off. The calories count just as much as sitting calories; you just forget to log them.
