SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 26: Chef Lien Do prepares turkeys for Thanksgiving meals at St. Anthony's dining room November 26, 2003 in San Francisco. St. Anthony's will serve an estimated 2,500 Thanksgiving meals to homeless and poor people in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Your Thanksgiving feast won’t have nutritional information as you find in restaurants. No worries, we’ll count up the calories for you.
According to the Calorie Control Council, an average American consumes 3,000 calories and 150 grams of fat in a traditional Thanksgiving meal. That’s without seconds!
That’s about the same as having 6 McDonald’s Big Macs or 12 servings of Haagen-Dazs ice cream.
To burn off Thanksgiving dinner, a 160-pound person would have to run moderately for 4 hours or swim for 5 hours. Whew.