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What it takes to work off a snack

Last updated: February 2009

Serving size: ½ cup

Calories: 300 calories

Activity to work it off: 55 minutes of golf, carrying clubs

Serving size: ½ cup

Calories: 120 calories

Activity to work it off: 22 minutes of golf, carrying clubs

Serving size: 1 bagel

Calories: 320 calories

Activity to work it off: 88 minutes of ballroom dancing

Serving size: 1 tbsp

Calories: 45 calories

Activity to work it off: 37 minutes of sitting, watching TV

Serving size: 1 oz.

Calories: 150 calories

Activity to work it off: 16 minutes of running at 5 mph

Serving size: 1 salad

Calories: 90 calories

Activity to work it off: 20 minutes of walking at 3.5 mph

Serving size: 2 tbsp

Calories: 170 calories

Activity to work it off: 37 minutes of walking at 3.5 mph

Serving size: 1 muffin

Calories: 510 calories

Activity to work it off: 70 minutes of shoveling snow

Serving size: medium stalk

Calories: 10 calories

Activity to work it off: 9 minutes of sleeping

* Clarification:

Note: Numbers (rounded) are for a 160-pound person.
Source: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2000.
Photographs by Russell Smith.



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