Very few of the man in the survey helped with the housework, shopping or cooking while most of the women did all their own work. Only 20 % of both men and women were helped by family or friends and very few of the subjects had home-helps or ‘meals on wheels’ or attended lunch clubs, day centres etc. More men than women go out nearly every day and men have more outside hobbies than women. Less than half the old people attended any clubs but the women were more likely to join clubs than men. A wide range of hobbies was given. Energy expenditure was calculated from activity diaries and values taken from Durnγn and Passmore. The average daily energy expenditure for all men (average age 70 years, mean height 167.2 cm, mean weight 68.2 kg) was 2,329 kcal and the average daily energy intake was 2,399 kcal. Energy expenditure decreased with age as did energy intake except for the over 80-year group who had a slightly higher calorie intake than the 70- to 79-year group. The average daily energy expenditure for all women (mean age 71 years, mean height 154.2 cm and mean weight 61.4 kg) was 1,943 kcal and the average daily energy intake was 1,733 kcal. It is thought that energy expenditure results may include an overestimation of energy expended at housework. Energy expenditure and energy intake decreased with age. The standard deviations for all results were large showing that there was a wide range of energy intake and energy expenditure in the survey. 4.107 men (average age 66.5 years) and 46 women (average age 65 years) were stillworking (on average 34 h/week for the men and 23 h/week for the women). Most of thewomen had part-time, sedentary or domestic jobs but a wide variety of occupations(mostly in the lower social groups) was found for the men. This made it difficult to assessenergy expenditure as it was not always possible to observe the subjects at work. However, it was estimated that the men expended on average 1,000 kcal/day at work while the womenexpended only 552 kcal/day.