{"id":62259,"date":"2014-07-10T16:46:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T20:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2022-07-23T12:34:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T16:34:50","slug":"how-many-clicks-in-a-big-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/how-many-clicks-in-a-big-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Clicks in a Big Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/a>Video gaming<\/a> for hours is exhausting, so surely it counts as some sort of workout, right? TechCrunch<\/em><\/a> reports<\/a> that a Japanese publication\u00a0has estimated how many calories<\/strong> it takes to click a mouse<\/strong> button once. “Convert Anything to Calories,” recently published in\u00a0<\/span>PHP Science World<\/em>, has narrowed down a mouse click to 1.42 calories<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Muscles per click<\/h3>\n

\"index<\/a>They calculated an index finger at a volume of 10.8 cubic centimeters, with a weight of 11.7 grams, taking 195 micromoles<\/a> of ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate<\/a>\u00a0the molecule that transports energy in cells<\/span>) to move the index finger<\/strong> muscles per click according to the article.<\/p>\n

With the average daily calorie consumption of an adult male and female estimated at 2,000 kcal and 1,700 kcal (one kcal is a thousand calories), respectively, it\u2019s time to get clicking if you want to make any dent in that amount.\u00a0Still, if you\u00a0<\/span>do<\/em>\u00a0manage to use your mouse energetically enough, at a rate of 1.42 calories.<\/span><\/p>\n

How many clicks to burn off a Whopper<\/h3>\n

\"Burger<\/a>Others have calculated that it will take 387,000<\/strong> clicks to burn off a McDonald’s<\/a> Big Mac<\/strong> and a\u00a0Burger King<\/a> Whopper<\/strong> can be worked off with just 450,000<\/strong> mouse clicks<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Get clicking!<\/em><\/p>\n

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