Hold that order !!!!

 

 How long it really takes to burn your food off

Hold that order! Before you take a sip of that large chocolate milkshake, if you knew you'd have to put in a 16 km walk to burn off the calories, would you still indulge?
And chew on this: Would you gobble down that donut if you had to walk 3.2 km to burn off the calories?

Seems that seeing calorie counts don't phase us but actually translating that into exercise can turn a few stomachs.

Restaurant goers are likely to make healthier food choices if mileage is put on the menu and they know the amount of exercise it takes to lose what they consume.
When faced with a food-ordering decision such as that at a fast food restaurant or cafeteria line, we believe physical activity food labelling may nudge people to select foods with fewer calories. It may have the added benefit of encouraging physical activity

Face it, eating out often ends up with nutritional caution being
thrown to the wind and excess calories being consumed. A new U.S. study reports that nutritional information rarely factors into what people order — only 8% take notice.
Harvard research also indicates that 25% of people completely underestimate their fast food intake by at least 25%.

Here are common food treats and how far you will have to walk to burn off the calories. In honour of Halloween we've included some candy counts too — scary! (Numbers are calculated using the item's calories using 3.2 cal/ minute and a 30 minute per mile walking pace for a 160 pound person.)