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A recent article[1] revealed what happens if you frequently visit your officeโ€™s Halloween candy stash, or you eat your kid’s leftover Trick-Or-Treat candiesโ€ฆ

Jumping Jacks.

Lots and lots of them, if you want to burn off what you ate! Although Halloween candies oftenย come in smaller, โ€œminiโ€ versions of the regular candy sizes, they are all still packed with calories and sugar.

The article provided this handy but SCARYย chart* (how appropriate for Halloween), which shows us justย how many minutes ofย jumping jacksย you need to do in order to fight off the evil Halloween candy you consumeโ€ฆ

*Calculations based on a 150-pound woman

[1] Popsugar. Sugar, Jenny. “This Is How May Jumping Jacks You Need to Do to Work Off Halloween Candy.”ย https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/How-Burn-Off-Halloween-Candy-42393489?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=popsugar.com. October 29, 2017. Accessed October 30, 2017.

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