Thursday, April 25, 2013

Walking off the calories

BBC News - Walk-to-burn-calorie menu 'diet aid':

"Menus displaying the exercise needed to burn calories in meals can help people consume less, a US study suggests.

Diners given this extra information ordered and ate less calorific food than other customers, a team at Texas Christian University found.

Knowing it takes two hours of brisk walking to burn off a cheeseburger may be more of a warning than being told how many calories it contains, the researchers say.

They now plan larger trials."

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