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Goblins, witches and vampires, oh my – a lots and lots of candy! With Halloween just around the corner, here are some interesting statistics about trick or treating and candy consumption.
41.0 million - The estimated number of potential trick-or-treaters in 2010 — children age 5 to 14 — across the United States. Of course, many other children — older than 14 and younger than 5 — also go trick-or-treating.
1. Candy Corn (serving size 20 pieces/42.4 g)
Calories 150, Total fat 0 g, Total carbs 38 g
2. Snickers (serving size 1 bar/2 oz/57 g)
Calories 271, Total fat 13.6 g, Total carbs 34.5 g
3. Reese’s PB Cups (5 pieces/40.4 g)
Calories 210, Total fat 12 g, Total carbs 22 g
4. KitKat (1 bar/43 g)
Calories 210, Total fat 11 g, Total carbs 28 g
5. Milky Way (1 bar/58 g)
Calories 270, Total fat 11 g, Total carbs 41 g
In order to burn off the calories from a serving of candy corn, you’d have to
run for 10 minutes at 8mph,
cycle for 14 minutes at 14-16 mph,
hike for 22 minutes,
rake leaves for 33 minutes or
read for 1 hr and 43 minutes
(calculations for individuals weighing 150 pounds).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, associatedcontent.com, caloriecount.com, usatoday.com
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