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Burning Your Hawker Calories

Have you been power walking your way to 10,000 steps a day? Good for you! It takes 20 steps to burn 1 calorie, therefore walking 10,000 steps burns off about 500 calories, which can then be added to your total calorie budget for the day.

The recommended daily calorie requirement is 1,800 for an average female and 2,200 for an average male. However, most eat-out meals average between 700 to 800 calories, which makes it easy to bust your allocated calorie budget if you eat out twice a day.

To help you maintain your current weight or perhaps even lose a few pounds, balance your fitness regime to healthier hawker meals that are 500 calories or less, and walk your way to a fitter and trimmer you.

Tip: To lose 0.5 kilograms a week, you will need to have a calorie deficit of 3,850 calories or 550 calories per day.

Related: How To Lose Weight the Healthy Way

Calories in Hawker Food

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Do you know which hawker meals will help to balance your calorie budget for each day? Read on to find out which hawker meals are compatible with your 10,000 steps, or not! Better yet, download the Healthy 365 app by HPB for the calorie counts of over 1,000 local food and drinks at your fingertips.

Dish

Calories

Steps to Burn

Minutes*

Popiah

188

3,760

38

Century Egg Congee

225

4,500

45

Yong Tau Foo Soup

(without noodle or rice)

295

5,900

59

Wanton Noodles

320 (soup)

435 (dry)

6,400 (soup)

8,700 (dry)

64 (soup)

87 (dry)

Fresh Fish Slice Beehoon Soup

410

8,200

82

Mee Soto

435

8,700

87

Ipoh Hor Fun

452

9,040

90

Hokkien Mee

522

10,440

104

Chicken Rice

575

11,500

115

Kway Chap

650

13,000

130

Laksa

700

14,000

140

Chicken Nasi Briyani

760

15,200

152

*Based on walking at moderate intensity, it takes 100 minutes to reach 10,000 steps.

So the next time before you dig into a meal, think about the number of steps you have to take to burn it off — it might just have you walking farther instead for a healthier choice!

For an extra boost, why not join the Eat, Drink, Shop campaign and turn your healthy habits into wins? Simply choose healthier options at F&B outlets or the supermarket, scan the QR code to accumulate Healthpoints and win exciting prizes like vouchers and even staycations!

For more information, visit the Eat, Drink, Shop campaign and download the Healthy 365 app to sign up now.

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