Progress Summary
Total MET-Hours
0.00
This Week's Progress
0.00 / 24 MET-Hours
Note: The default goal is 24 MET-hours, the average achieved by CHALLENGE trial participants in the first 6 months.
Logged Activities
| Date | Activity | Minutes | MET | MET-Hours |
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This website is for colorectal cancer survivors looking to use exercise to lower their risk of recurrence and improve their odds of survival by replicating the findings of the large CHALLENGE trial:
https://colorectalcancersurvivorguide.substack.com/p/exercise-after-colorectal-cancer?r=7a33ee
Tracking your MET hours can help understand whether you are reaching a dose that was shown to reduce recurrence risk (20-27 MET hours per week): https://colorectalcancersurvivorguide.substack.com/p/exercise-after-colorectal-cancer?r=7a33ee
What Are MET Hours?
MET hours are a way to measure how much energy you use during physical activity. “MET” stands for Metabolic Equivalent of Task. One MET is the amount of energy your body uses at rest, like sitting quietly. Activities are assigned MET values based on how much more energy they require compared to resting. For example, brisk walking is about 4 METs, meaning it uses four times the energy of sitting still. For more info on MET hours and the logic from this calculator visit: https://colorectalcancersurvivorguide.substack.com/p/what-is-a-met-hour-how-exercise-dose?r=7a33ee
To calculate MET-hours, multiply the MET value of an activity by the number of hours you do it. For instance, walking briskly (4 METs) for 1.5 hours equals 6 MET hours (4 x 1.5 = 6). Tracking MET hours helps you understand your overall activity level and set goals proven to benefit your health as a colon cancer survivor.
Instructions
- Select an activity from the drop-down menu.
The options for physical activity and the MET values used are extracted from the CHALLENGE trial Appendix to match the trial as close as possible. Other exercise metrics or types of activities could likely meet the requirement, but those have not been studied in randomized trials like CHALLENGE. For more MET values visit the Physical Activity Compendium. - Select the number of minutes you spent doing that activity.
- Press “Log” button to calculate the number of MET-hours
- If you’d like, you can then export the “Log” as csv file.
Note: This website does not track user data. The Log is temporarily stored locally by the users’ browser so that the users’ data is not accidentally lost, but never tracked by the website.