How the average woman burns 48,000 calories a year

With Marshes set to celebrate International Fitness Week 2010 (1st February – 7th February) with a ‘New Year, New You’ health and fitness-focused event - Saturday 30th January, 12noon-3pm, we thought we would bring you this staggering piece of research!!!!

The average woman burns off 48,000 calories a year - just by walking around the shops.
A study, published today, revealed that women make up to 132 shopping trips each year - an annual total of 159 hours and 56 minutes walking at a fast pace.

The researchers found that shoppers will burn approximately five calories a minute - a total of 47,700 calories over a 12-month period. That's the equivalent of 25 days worth of women's recommended daily intake of 1,940 calories.

The poll that found women make 11 trips to the shops per month. Two are to buy clothes on the High Street; five are to buy food and four are to the local corner shop.

Two thirds of women said they rarely ambled around the shops, preferring to walk briskly to get everything done as quickly as possible.

Almost seven in ten admitted feeling completely exhausted after a shopping trip and six in ten described shopping as a great form of exercise.

The research also showed that women exercise just four times a month, favouring the gym, swimming or playing team sports.

Each session lasted just 52 minutes on average, which means girls are only exercising for three and a half hours a month.

Tellingly, 52 per cent of women said they felt more tired after a shopping trip than a visit to the gym.

The poll of 3,000 women was conducted by Skinny Cow low fat iced desserts.

(Adapted from DailyMail.co.uk)