We have collected in table 197 the average values found with the various subjects in Squads A and B, and for the group of normal subjects, for the hours of walking and for the activity greater than walking, as these are the two factors that play the greatest r61e in indicating changes in physical activity. With both Squads A and B, the average time spent in walking was 4 1/4 hours, and with the normal subjects, 4 3/4 hours. For the activity greater than walking we find reasonable uniformity with all three squads, namely, l 1/4 hours with Squad A, and 1 1/2 hours for both Squad B and the normal group. The general picture of the data given in table 197 shows that the activities as measured by the time spent in walking or in exercise greater than walking were not strikingly different with any of the three groups. For Squad A the exercise more strenuous than walking is slightly lower by one-quarter hour per man per day, but the real significance, if any, of this small difference can not be determined.

It therefore seems from a study of the pedometer records and of the relatively small differences exhibited by the men in their records of physical activity in tables 194 to 197, inclusive, that it is highly improbable that any large difference in the activity, either walking or exercise greater than walking, existed on the average with the three squads.

Table 197. - Average Exercise Records Of Squads A And B During Reduced Diet, And Of Normal Subjects During Uncontrolled Diet

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