How to Have a Healthier Thanksgiving
As we go into the kitchen to prepare another Thanksgiving dinner, food may be more on our minds than the amount of calories in it. Take a look at the calorie count in some of our favorite dishes, get ideas on how to cut them down, learn how long it would take to walk them off and learn how to craft a healthier Thanksgiving.
The average American adult weighs 176 pounds, according to a recent Gallup poll. It would take an hour to burn 90 calories if a person this size walks at 3 mph, according to a report by the Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. We’ve broken down how long it would take to burn each dish based on this calculation. (You may burn more if you weigh more, or less if you are lighter.)
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