Yes! The body continues to burn calories during sleep to maintain basic functions like breathing and circulation. This contributes to overall daily caloric expenditure.
The amount of calories burned while asleep depends on various factors, such as your weight, age, and metabolic rate.
On average, a person burns about 0.42 calories per pound (0.92 calories per kg) of body weight per hour of sleep.
On average, a person weighing 68 kg would burn 63 calories per hour. That means to burn 40 calories, it would take them approximately 38 minutes.
For a 100 kg person, sleeping can burn approximately 0.92 calories per hour per kg of body weight, totalling around 92 calories per hour. To burn 40 calories, it would take roughly 26 minutes of sleep.