[coderKen]

and we are wondering why a lot of Americans are obese. Simple tasks like these help burn a few calories.

[throwawaysocks]

What?! Do you fold your clothes? It burns about as many calories as watching TV and picking up the remote on commercial breaks...

Folding a week of laundry for 3 people takes about an hour. Reclaiming that time and doing actual exercise instead would work miracles.

[Karunamon]

If we all spent hours per day on unnecessary manual labor instead of our jobs or learning, yes, obesity probably wouldn't be an issue anymore.