How much exercise will it take to burn off your Easter egg?
Even if you're dedicated to your fitness regime and healthy eating, you might be tempted to allow some leeway for an Easter treat. But before you crack open that chocolate egg, it might be worth noting just how much exercise you'd have to do to burn off all those extra calories.
There follows a table of values, provided below. I have added to it the weight of the Easter
Eggs (taken from elsewhere in the article).
If you can't see all of the data then you could use the image that follows, or copy and paste into Word or Excel (this works best from IE rather than Chrome).
If you can't see all of the data then you could use the image that follows, or copy and paste into Word or Excel (this works best from IE rather than Chrome).
| EGG | CALORIES | WALKING | RUNNING | SWIMMING | SIT-UPS | SQUATS | BURPEES | Weight (in g) |
| DairyMilkXL | 1,758 | 5.9hours | 3hours | 2hours | 5.2hours | 2.1hours | 3.7hours | 331 |
| CadburyCaramel | 1,683 | 5.6hours | 2.9hours | 1.9hours | 4.9hours | 2hours | 3.5hours | 331 |
| Mars | 1,623 | 5.4hours | 2.8hours | 1.8hours | 4.8hours | 1.9hours | 3.4hours | 331 |
| Flake/Wispa | 1,562 | 5.2hours | 2.7hours | 1.8hours | 4.6hours | 1.9hours | 3.3hours | 295 |
| DoubleDecker | 1,549 | 5.2hours | 2.7hours | 1.7hours | 4.5hours | 1.9hours | 3.2hours | |
| Oreo | 1,528 | 5.1hours | 2.6hours | 1.7hours | 4.5hours | 1.8hours | 3.2hours | 278 |
| Snickers | 1,429 | 4.8hours | 2.5hours | 1.6hours | 4.2hours | 1.7hours | 3hours | 274 |
| M&M's | 1,385 | 4.6hours | 2.4hours | 1.6hours | 4.1hours | 1.6hours | 2.9hours | 268 |
| Minstrels | 1,357 | 4.5hours | 2.3hours | 1.5hours | 4hours | 1.6hours | 2.8hours | 262 |
| Aero | 1,259 | 4.2hours | 2.2hours | 1.4hours | 3.7hours | 1.5hours | 2.6hours | 235 |
| Yorkie | 1,033 | 3.5hours | 1.8hours | 1.1hours | 3hours | 1.2hours | 2.2hours | 192 |
| ToffeeCrisp | 1,004 | 3.4hours | 1.7hours | 1.1hours | 3hours | 1.2hours | 2.1hours | 176 |
| MiniEggs | 980 | 3.3hours | 1.7hours | 1.1hours | 2.9hours | 1.2hours | 2hours | 187 |
| CremeEgg | 922 | 3.1hours | 1.6hours | 1hour | 2.7hours | 1.1hours | 1.9hours | 186 |
| KitKat | 943 | 3.1hours | 1.6hours | 1.1hours | 2.8hours | 1.1hours | 2hours | 180 |
| Milkybar | 886 | 3hours | 1.5hours | 1hour | 2.6hours | 1.1hours | 1.9hours | 162 |
| Matchmaker | 872 | 2.9hours | 1.5hours | 1hour | 2.5hours | 1.1hours | 1.8hours | 162 |
| Thorntons | 806 | 2.7hours | 1.4hours | 54mins | 2.4hours | 1hour | 1.7hours | 149 |
| Smarties | 680 | 2.3hours | 1.2hours | 46mins | 2hours | 49mins | 1.4hours | 122 |
Things to do:
What is the conversion rate between the different types of
exercise?
What type of correlation would you expect between the weight
of the egg and the number of calories?
Work out the pmcc. Comment on
your answer.
Answer:
The pmcc between the weight of the egg and the number of
calories is 0.993
The correlation is extremely good. Unsurprisingly, this tells us that heavier
eggs (which presumably contain more chocolate) contain more calories!
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