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		emodendroket on March 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Joy of Cooking” versus the Food Scientist You have to do a really pretty extreme amount of exercise to burn off a hamburger.

kaennar on March 22, 2018 [–]

You're definitely right, but 200 excess calories a day is 74,000 a year which can translate to 21 lbs a year in weight gain. It doesn't take much to get fat over a few years with a calorie surplus like that.

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