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Walk-to-burn-calorie menu 'diet aid'
By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC
News online
24 April 2013 Last updated at 10:03 GMT

“A quarter-pound double cheeseburger takes a woman about two hours to walk off and a man slightly less”

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.
Researchers Dr Meena Shah and Ashlei James divided 300 volunteers aged 18 to 30 randomly into three groups.
One received a menu without any calorie information, another menus with the calories displayed, and the third menus that showed both calories and the amount of exercise needed to burn them off. All of the menus offered the same choice of food and drink, which included burgers, sandwiches, salad, chips, soft drinks and water.

None of the volunteers was aware of the reason for the study and the researchers took into account hunger levels when interpreting their findings. The group given the menus with the extra information about how much brisk walking would be needed to burn off the food ordered and ate much less than the group who had menus with no calorie information.

They consumed 100 fewer calories, on average, as a result. Dr Shah said: "This is the first study to look at the effects of displaying minutes of brisk walking needed to burn food calories on the calories ordered and consumed.

"This study suggests there are benefits."The researchers say brisk walking is something nearly everyone can relate to.

Calorie counting

"We can't generalize to a population over age 30, so we will further investigate this in an older and more diverse group," Dr Shah added.

They will present their findings at the Experimental Biology 2013 meeting in Boston.

Victoria Taylor, senior dietician at the British Heart Foundation, said clearly sign posting healthy options and nutritional content helped people make informed choices when ordering food.But she added: "While displaying the amount of exercise needed to burn calories is an interesting idea, there's more to a hearthealthy diet than calorie counting.

"Restaurants can also take steps to make meals healthier by serving appropriate portion sizes and reducing the amount of salt, saturated fatand sugar in their dishes.

"Whether eating at home or dining out, a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and veg is the best way to protect your heart."

Fonte: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health - Acessado em Abril de 2013

Walk-to-burn-calorie menu 'diet aid'
By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC
News online
24 April 2013 Last updated at 10:03 GMT

“A quarter-pound double cheeseburger takes a woman about two hours to walk off and a man slightly less”

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.
Researchers Dr Meena Shah and Ashlei James divided 300 volunteers aged 18 to 30 randomly into three groups.
One received a menu without any calorie information, another menus with the calories displayed, and the third menus that showed both calories and the amount of exercise needed to burn them off. All of the menus offered the same choice of food and drink, which included burgers, sandwiches, salad, chips, soft drinks and water.

None of the volunteers was aware of the reason for the study and the researchers took into account hunger levels when interpreting their findings. The group given the menus with the extra information about how much brisk walking would be needed to burn off the food ordered and ate much less than the group who had menus with no calorie information.

They consumed 100 fewer calories, on average, as a result. Dr Shah said: "This is the first study to look at the effects of displaying minutes of brisk walking needed to burn food calories on the calories ordered and consumed.

"This study suggests there are benefits."The researchers say brisk walking is something nearly everyone can relate to.

Calorie counting

"We can't generalize to a population over age 30, so we will further investigate this in an older and more diverse group," Dr Shah added.

They will present their findings at the Experimental Biology 2013 meeting in Boston.

Victoria Taylor, senior dietician at the British Heart Foundation, said clearly sign posting healthy options and nutritional content helped people make informed choices when ordering food.But she added: "While displaying the amount of exercise needed to burn calories is an interesting idea, there's more to a hearthealthy diet than calorie counting.

"Restaurants can also take steps to make meals healthier by serving appropriate portion sizes and reducing the amount of salt, saturated fatand sugar in their dishes.

"Whether eating at home or dining out, a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and veg is the best way to protect your heart."

Fonte: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health - Acessado em Abril de 2013

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[10]  suffering “blatant extraction” at the hands of the kinds of
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[23]  than one month and not more than six months.
[24]  Subsequent offenses will bring stiffer minimum penalties.
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[28]  reported that visitors in Italy have been pinching
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[32]  with pieces of 2,000-year-old stone and other artifacts
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[43]  Great Wall due to casual looting .Regrettably little, it
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[2]  tourists on how not to get ripped off when visiting the
[3]  world’s great attractions. But maybe it’s the attractions
[4]  that need tips on not getting pilfered by tourists. From
[5]  pieces of the Great Wall to live penguins, travelers
[6]  looking for unique souvenirs will stuff almost anything
[7]  they can into their luggage. The latest uproar over theft of
[8]  a public attraction comes from Boracay Island in the
[9]  Philippines, where the magnificent white beach sands are
[10]  suffering “blatant extraction” at the hands of the kinds of
[11]  tourists that give the rest of us a bad name. Responding
[12]  to the threat to its most valuable natural resource, local
[13]  officials passed an ordinance last week that greatly
[14]  toughens the existing law for being caught carting off
[15]  sand or pebbles from the Philippines’ top tourist
[16]  destination. As reported by the Manila Bulletin, the
[17]  ordinance states that: “Boracay Island, a masterpiece of
[18]  nature endowed by the Almighty with powdery white
[19]  sand, is being gradually dissipated by man’s selfish
[20]  interests without due regard to the consequences”. The
[21]  new penalty for first-time sand thieves in Boracay will be
[22]  2,500 pesos (US$60) or a prison sentence of not less
[23]  than one month and not more than six months.
[24]  Subsequent offenses will bring stiffer minimum penalties.
[25]  The new punishments may or may not work, but one
[26]  thing is certain: greedy tourists will continue to commit
[27]  selfish acts around the globe. In June, The Telegraph
[28]  reported that visitors in Italy have been pinching
[29]  cobblestones, marble mile markers and mosaic pieces
[30]  from ancient Roman sites. Italian officials have reported
[31]  an increase this year in cases of theft of Roman relics,
[32]  with pieces of 2,000-year-old stone and other artifacts
[33]  often discovered in travelers’ luggage at major airports. In
[34]  April, the Daily Mail reported that three British citizens
[35]  had been accused of stealing a penguin from an
[36]  Australian marine park, though, surprise, a night of
[37]  partying may have been involved in that absurd heist.
[38]  Exhausted but unharmed, the seven-year-old fairy
[39]  penguin, named Dirk, was discovered and returned to his
[40]  park home and mate, Peaches. Officials and
[41] archaeologists in China have long been concerned about
[42]  major destruction and diminution of large sections of the
[43]  Great Wall due to casual looting .Regrettably little, it
[44]  seems, is off limits to the dedicated souvenir hunter.
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[2]  tourists on how not to get ripped off when visiting the
[3]  world’s great attractions. But maybe it’s the attractions
[4]  that need tips on not getting pilfered by tourists. From
[5]  pieces of the Great Wall to live penguins, travelers
[6]  looking for unique souvenirs will stuff almost anything
[7]  they can into their luggage. The latest uproar over theft of
[8]  a public attraction comes from Boracay Island in the
[9]  Philippines, where the magnificent white beach sands are
[10]  suffering “blatant extraction” at the hands of the kinds of
[11]  tourists that give the rest of us a bad name. Responding
[12]  to the threat to its most valuable natural resource, local
[13]  officials passed an ordinance last week that greatly
[14]  toughens the existing law for being caught carting off
[15]  sand or pebbles from the Philippines’ top tourist
[16]  destination. As reported by the Manila Bulletin, the
[17]  ordinance states that: “Boracay Island, a masterpiece of
[18]  nature endowed by the Almighty with powdery white
[19]  sand, is being gradually dissipated by man’s selfish
[20]  interests without due regard to the consequences”. The
[21]  new penalty for first-time sand thieves in Boracay will be
[22]  2,500 pesos (US$60) or a prison sentence of not less
[23]  than one month and not more than six months.
[24]  Subsequent offenses will bring stiffer minimum penalties.
[25]  The new punishments may or may not work, but one
[26]  thing is certain: greedy tourists will continue to commit
[27]  selfish acts around the globe. In June, The Telegraph
[28]  reported that visitors in Italy have been pinching
[29]  cobblestones, marble mile markers and mosaic pieces
[30]  from ancient Roman sites. Italian officials have reported
[31]  an increase this year in cases of theft of Roman relics,
[32]  with pieces of 2,000-year-old stone and other artifacts
[33]  often discovered in travelers’ luggage at major airports. In
[34]  April, the Daily Mail reported that three British citizens
[35]  had been accused of stealing a penguin from an
[36]  Australian marine park, though, surprise, a night of
[37]  partying may have been involved in that absurd heist.
[38]  Exhausted but unharmed, the seven-year-old fairy
[39]  penguin, named Dirk, was discovered and returned to his
[40]  park home and mate, Peaches. Officials and
[41] archaeologists in China have long been concerned about
[42]  major destruction and diminution of large sections of the
[43]  Great Wall due to casual looting .Regrettably little, it
[44]  seems, is off limits to the dedicated souvenir hunter.
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