How much exercise would it take to burn off your favorite food?
If you eat…. You need to walk briskly for….
1 small cheeseburger 56 minutes
20 french fries 56 minutes
1 slice pizza 48 minutes
1 slice chocolate cake 46 minutes
1 medium baked potato w/ butter 43 minutes
1 20 oz. bottle soda 42 minutes
2 oz. cheddar cheese 39 minutes
4 oz. (1 scoop) vanilla ice cream 31 minutes
1 oz. bag of potato chips 27 minutes
1 apple 14 minutes
10 baby carrots 7 minutes
Source: NHLBI, Food Values of Portions Commonly Used
Note: All figures are approximate. Figures are based on a 150 pound healthy person. If you weigh more, you will burn more calories.
If you weigh less, you will burn fewer. Brisk walking equals 4 miles per hour.