Is running or walking better for you? Here’s what the science says | New Scientist

January 22, 2021

I liked the quantitative answer in the article: running expends 6 – 12 METs; walking, 3 – 6. 1 MET = 1 cal/hr / each kg of body mass, which for an 80 kg person is 2000 cal/day.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532730-100-is-running-or-walking-better-for-you-heres-what-the-science-says/