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by harmarsupercar 3942 days ago
A can of coke contains about 155 calories. An average person can do practically anything which is reasonably considered exercise for 30 minutes and burn that off: http://www.health.harvard.edu/diet-and-weight-loss/calories-...

Hardly "incredible".

Research has shown that diet is more critical than activity in the occurrence of obesity, but that doesn't been that activity doesn't matter at all.