WOULD you scoff a sneaky Mars bar if you knew it would take 47 MINUTES to walk it off? Or grab that Dairy Milk if you then had to slog for an hour on the treadmill?
Scientists say that labelling food and drink with the amount of exercise needed to burn off the calories encourages people to make healthier choices.
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The study by Loughborough University found we scoff 200 fewer calories a day when products display how many minutes of running and walking they are equivalent to.
On average we burn five calories a minute by walking and ten calories a minute running. Adult women need around 2,000 calories a day to maintain their weight, while men need 500 more at around 2,500.
Anything above this will pile on the pounds without exercise.
So if you grab a late-night large Dominos after the pub, you would need to jog for more than EIGHT HOURS to burn it off.
Or if you reach for the Ben & Jerrys ice cream, youll have to walk for nearly five hours.
Here we show you the exercise equivalents for some of the nations favourite snacks, meals and drinks if consumed on top of your recommended daily calorie intake.
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Weight loss: How long it takes to walk off your fave snacks from pizza to a cuppa - The Sun
