Who knew that a coffee could contain 628 calories?
Heres a report on the foods that pack a surprisingly high calorific punch. There is an obesity crisis in the western world. In the UK where two-thirds of adults are overweight the government is offering cash bonuses to dieters, more walkways and compulsory school cookery lessons. But even as we all become more health conscious, it is likely we are still scoffing far more calories than we think. Most food manufacturers offer nutritional information on their packaging or websites, including calories (Kcal) per serving and as a percentage of your recommended guideline daily amount (GDA). The GDAs used in the UK tend to be 2,000 calories a day for women and 2,500 for men but, as Rachel Cooke of the British Dietetic Association stresses, these are averages and will vary hugely depending on your weight, your metabolism and energy needs (how active you are). Lots of patients in our obesity clinic are eating in excess of 4,000 calories a day but will perceive that they are eating only 1,000, s
