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ShareLondon: If you think having a medium popcorn and soft drink while watching a movie won't add much to your weight, then it's time to get a reality check, suggests a new study.
The study by the Center for Science and Public Interest (CSPI) found that consuming popcorn and a drink means taking in three days worth of an adult's recommended allowance of fat.
The researchers said that a medium popcorn and drink had 1,160 calories.
Even sharing a small portion of cinema popcorn between two would mean each person consumes a day's worth of saturated fat.
"It's hard enough for Americans to maintain a healthy weight even when limiting their eating to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Who realises that they might be taking in a meal's worth of calories during a movie? The healthiest snack to buy at the movies is no snack at all," the Telegraph quoted Jayne Hurley, a CSPI senior nutritionist, as saying.
The study also found that a bag of Reese's Pieces sold at US cinemas contained 1,160 calories and 35 grams of saturated fat, the equivalent of eating a 16-ounce T-bone steak and a buttered baked potato.
The study has been published in Nutrition Action Healthletter.
