Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Walk To Burn Off Christmas Calories Urges UK Government

“The UK government is urging families to bring back the Christmas day walk to burn off their Christmas dinner calories, and generally be more physically active over the holidays. A typical Christmas dinner of turkey and pudding clocks up nearly 1,500 calories, which is over half of the recommended daily allowance for a man and three quarters of that recommended for a woman, says the Department of Health for England, in a new push to promote Walk4Life as part of its Change4Life campaign to encourage families to ‘eat well, move more and live longer’...

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/174721.php

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