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Nutrition Action Healthletter, Jan-Feb, 2008
Shopping at Starbucks on your way to work? Looking for a snack to get you through the mall? Thinking of dessert? Here's how much exercise a 150-pound person would have to do to burn off the calories in some popular foods. (1) (The examples are ours; they don't come from the National Weight Control Registry.)
Slice of Cheese Pan Pizza (like Sbarro) =
650 calories 1 hr. and 10 min.
Playing tennis
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Caffe Mocha (20 oz., with whipped cream, like Starbucks) =
400 calories
Swimming laps 40 minutes
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2 Chocolate Truffles (like Godiva) =
200 calories
20 minutes
Bicycling
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Chocolate Chip Cookie (like Starbucks) =
400 calories
40 minutes
Stair machine
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Muffin like Starbucks) =
450 calories
1 hour
Jogging
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Slice of N.Y. Style Cheesecake (like The Cheesecake Factory) =
700 calories
2 hours. and 40 minutes
Brisk walking
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Bagel w/Cream Cheese =
500 calories
2 hrs. and 30 minutes
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Tablespoon of Oil =
120 calories
30 minutes
Raking leaves
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