What does NEAT stand for?

Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Through Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis , or NEAT as Levine dubs it, referring to the calories you burn living your life: doing the laundry, making your bed, mowing the lawn.

Stand up — right now!

Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) is the name for calories a person burns through their activities of daily living.

Why Wear Weights?

The prevailing focus on moderate to vigorous activity in childhood means there is limited objective information on either sedentary behaviour or non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT), the energy expended during the activities of daily living.

Physical activity--a neat solution to an impending crisis