The increase in energy expenditure with increasing METS reflects what?

The increase in energy expenditure with increasing METS reflects what?

• A. More energy burned
• B. Less energy burned
• C. No change in energy
• D. Energy burned depends on temperature only

Answer: (A)

METS measure how hard your body is working during an activity compared to resting. One MET is roughly your resting energy expenditure. As the intensity of activity increases, your body's energy demand rises, so energy burned per minute goes up in proportion to the MET value. That means higher METS reflect more energy burned, not less or the same, and not energy cost driven only by temperature. Temperature can affect energy use in some conditions, but METs mainly track the energy cost of the activity itself.

METS measure how hard your body is working during an activity compared to resting. One MET is roughly your resting energy expenditure. As the intensity of activity increases, your body's energy demand rises, so energy burned per minute goes up in proportion to the MET value. That means higher METS reflect more energy burned, not less or the same, and not energy cost driven only by temperature. Temperature can affect energy use in some conditions, but METs mainly track the energy cost of the activity itself.