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Evidence suggests Walking mayincreaseEnergy expenditure.

6 studies (14 claims)

Moderate consensus

Typical effective dose 25 (25–25) %across 1 dosed study

Study Claims

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Intervention	Direction	Endpoint	Type	Population	Dosage	Title
hypoenergetic diet (DI) and walking program	No effect - not significantly different	resting energy expenditure (REE)	Human	overweight and obese participants	2.5 hours of walking per week.	Moderate Walking Enhances the Effects of an Energy-Restricted Diet on Fat Mass Loss and Serum Insulin in Overweight and Obese Adults in a 12-Week Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 11×
Walking on floor with the FPWS	Increases - was	energy expenditure	Human	transfemoral amputees	Not applicable (walking speed was self-selected as preferred walking speed).	Energy expenditure of transfemoral amputees during floor and treadmill walking with different speeds.cited 14×
Walking on floor with the FPWS	Increases - was	energy expenditure	Human	control participants	Not applicable (walking speed was self-selected as preferred walking speed).	Energy expenditure of transfemoral amputees during floor and treadmill walking with different speeds.cited 14×
walking	Increases - expend a larger percentage of their maximal aerobic capacity than	energy expenditure	Human	transfemoral amputees	Not applicable (walking speed was self-selected as preferred walking speed).	Energy expenditure of transfemoral amputees during floor and treadmill walking with different speeds.cited 14×
Walking on the treadmill with the TPWS	Increases - was	energy expenditure	Human	transfemoral amputees	Not applicable (walking speed was self-selected as preferred walking speed).	Energy expenditure of transfemoral amputees during floor and treadmill walking with different speeds.cited 14×
Walking on the treadmill with the TPWS	Increases - was	energy expenditure	Human	control participants	Not applicable (walking speed was self-selected as preferred walking speed).	Energy expenditure of transfemoral amputees during floor and treadmill walking with different speeds.cited 14×
ACSM walking equation	Increases - overestimation of EE	energy expenditure (EE)	Human	sedentary adults with overweight or obesity	Exercise groups prescribed 8 or 20 kcal·kg body weight−1·wk−1.	Modulators of Energy Expenditure Accuracy in Adults with Overweight or Obesity: E-MECHANIC Secondary Analyses.
ACSM walking equation	Increases - overestimation of EE	energy expenditure (EE)	Human	sedentary adults with overweight or obesity	Exercise groups prescribed 8 or 20 kcal·kg body weight−1·wk−1.	Modulators of Energy Expenditure Accuracy in Adults with Overweight or Obesity: E-MECHANIC Secondary Analyses.
ACSM walking equation	Increases - overestimation of EE	energy expenditure (EE)	Human	sedentary adults with overweight or obesity	Exercise groups prescribed 8 or 20 kcal·kg body weight−1·wk−1.	Modulators of Energy Expenditure Accuracy in Adults with Overweight or Obesity: E-MECHANIC Secondary Analyses.
ACSM walking equation	Increases - overestimation of EE was greater	energy expenditure (EE)	Human	sedentary adults with overweight or obesity	Exercise groups prescribed 8 or 20 kcal·kg body weight−1·wk−1.	Modulators of Energy Expenditure Accuracy in Adults with Overweight or Obesity: E-MECHANIC Secondary Analyses.
HFNC-aided walking	Decreases - The energy expenditure index was significantly lower	energy expenditure index	Human	stable COPD patients	Not specified	Effects of high-flow nasal cannula with oxygen on self-paced exercise performance in COPD: A randomized cross-over trial.cited 7×
a physical activity program of walking 10,000 steps per day along with monthly dietary counseling	Increases - significantly increased	resting energy expenditure (REE)	Human	obese adults	Qualitative dietary advice (cookbook with low-calorie recipes and dietary advice) provided monthly.	Impact of a walking program of 10,000 steps per day and dietary counseling on health-related quality of life, energy expenditure and anthropometric parameters in obese subjects.cited 9×