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What is the amount of calories can you lose sitting in front of a computer all day?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Check it out.: Per harvard health publications, a 155 pound individual may burns 102 calories typing at a computer for an hour. The amounts differ by your weight.

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Answered 8/22/2013

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