To Burn Calories on the bottle "Soft Drink", Keep Walking 42 Minutes

Have you noticed the number of calories contained in the food and beverage packaging? The information is beneficial to the number of calories you want to burn calories. Even should also be included in the packaging how long should the physical activity to burn those calories.

In a 500 ml bottle of sparkling beverages, for example, contains 210 calories. To burn calories of intake of soft drinks, you can run as far as 4.2 miles or walking for 42 minutes to burn calories.

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore found that teens who are given information about how to burn calories and calories will choose healthy beverages or smaller soda bottles.

These scientists also suggested that the provision of nutrition information to fast food restaurants. For example, restaurants are providing information that if eating cheeseburgers large size, you have to walk 5.6 miles to burn calories. Thus, consumers will choose a smaller hamburgers and only requires a 2.6-mile run.

The results of the study published in the American Journal of Public Health shows that calorie information is always ignored many consumers. They also do not understand if there is only calorie information contained in the food or beverage.

"Our research found, as described on the calories and in a way that is easy to understand as how many miles have to walk to burn the calories that it can drive behavior change," said the study.

This research has been conducted on six stores in Baltimore serving in 590 ml of complete information fizzy drinks. The information it contains, if you want to burn 250 calories in the body, it takes a walk for 50 minutes or 5 miles.

As a result, consumers are generally young people end up buying drinks healthier and with fewer calories. The researchers say, reduce the consumption of high-calorie beverages such as sweetened drinks would prevent obesity and weight loss.

Scientists at the University of North Carolina found that this information can make a person healthier food choices on the menu at the restaurant.

"We believe that the label displays information about physical activity, allows one to prefer foods with lower calories," said Professor Anthony Viera from the University of North Carolina.