[at-l] Cold & calories

[jbryankramer@xxxxxxx (J Bryan Kramer)]

You could volunteer to be a subject for the study but I think the Germans
got a lot of bad press for experiments like that ;->

Bryan

"Si vis pacem para bellum"

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> Thanks.  But I guess what I was really hoping for was something
> along the lines of: for every x number of degrees (colder) doing
> x level of activity, you burn/need x # of calories to maintain
> temperature/weight.  Sounds like an impossible formula to work
> out, I know...
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> You can probably find some info on this on climbing sites but in
> really cold
> weather the caloric demand goes way up.
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> Bryan
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> "Si vis pacem para bellum"
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> > > Anybody have any info on how cold weather affects caloric
> > need/consumption--obviously I'm thinking of this as regards
> > outdoor activies.  It would be cool (pun!) to have a breakdown as
> > far as degrees of temp vs (vs?) strenousness of activity--sorta
> > like wind chill...Thanks in adance,
> > > Lilla
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