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Beauty By Numbers.(Calories)
Beauty By Numbers
Calories
Anyone who says women arenOt good at math has never seen one appraising the label of a bag of Doritos. Calories may be a coldly scientific measurement of the energy in food, but they can certainly prompt an emotional reaction. Here, the statistics behind our least favorite numbers. NSARAH VAN BOVEN
22: Percentage of calorie increase per day for the average American woman, from 1,542 in 1971 to 1,877 in 2000. 64.5: Percentage of U.S. adults who were overweight in 2000. 3,500: Calories in one pound of fat. 3,000: Number of calories consumed during an average Thanksgiving dinner. 300: Average number of calories burned in an hour of having sex. 60: Average number of calories burned in an hour of sleeping. 730: Number of calories in a Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll. 0: Number of calories in Philosophy Cinnamon Buns Lip Shine. 31: Percentage more calories consumed by people who snack regularly than by nonsnackers. 21: Pounds of salted snacks consumed by the average American in one year. 40: Calories in a four-ounce serving of Tasti D-Lite frozen dessert, according to their advertisements in 2002. 224: Maximum calories ...
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