HealthyLife November/December 2013

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fast facts

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Photos: GettyImages. Pregnant, Olivier Lantzendorffer; Grapes, melhi; Muscle, Stock Shop Photography LLC.

29.4

Teen pregnancy is at an all-time low, with just 29.4 births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19. In the 1950s, that rate was three times as high. Experts chalk it up to better information about and access to birth control. Source: tinyurl.com/hl13bc

600 The average number of grapes it takes to make a bottle of wine. Source: tinyurl.com/hl13grapes

630 An adult between 110 and 200 pounds can burn between 250 and 630 calories per hour snowboarding! Source: tinyurl.com/hl13boarding

19% Don’t believe your treadmill! Calculators that tell you how many calories you’ve burned have been found to overestimate the number by an average of 19 percent, and as high as 42 percent. Source: tinyurl.com/hl13tread

40% … of your total body weight is muscle. Source: tinyurl.com/hl13weight

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