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- Type 1
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.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22261475
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.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22261475