The Daily Mailreports on a study, commissioned by the British retailer Debenhams, that found shopping helps burn calories. This is not a big surprise because shopping involves walking, which burns calories. The researchers found that women burn an average of 48,000 calories per year from shopping.
In a separate poll, experts calculated that women burned around five calories for every minute spent browsing the shelves - almost 48,000 per year. That is the equivalent of 25 days' worth of a woman's recommended daily intake of 1,940 calories.
The study revealed women make around 11 shopping trips - spending around 13 hours - on the High Street, supermarket or local shop each month.
The study also found that the average woman "covers 2.96 miles on a shopping trip and spends around 2.5 hours browsing in stores every week." Burning calories does make a good excuse for a shopping trip.
