Abstract
Relative metabolic rates of various kind of homemaking activities were calculated from the data of time and motion studies on eight urban housewives and from R. M. R. values of element activities.
The results were as follows :
Activties R.M.R.
Preparing meals 0.99
clearing away meals 1.27
laundering 1.51
cleaning of house 2.24
sewing and mending 0.50
other homemaking 1.60
To determine whether the calculated values from time and motion study and measurements of energy expenditure coincide, R.M.R. of laundering and other homemaking activities over a total period of 114 minutes was measured using 4 subjects.
The results indicated that the calculated values coincided with the measurements.
