Is Thanksgiving Dinner Really Upward of 4000 Calories?

By Sonia van Gilder Cooke, TIME

Is Thanksgiving Dinner Really Upward of 4000 Calories?

November 20, 2012 Updated Nov 20, 2012 at 4:05 PM PDT

Here’s something to be grateful for on Thanksgiving: your day-long holiday binge may not be as disastrously calorific as you thought.

According to the Calorie Control Council, during the state-sanctioned gorging event known as Thanksgiving, the average American can stuff down as much as 4,500 calories — nearly twice the recommended daily allowance.

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