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Movie popcorn as fatty as three hamburgers

(Reuters) UPDATED 2009-11-23

Popcorn has a reputation for being a fiber-filled, healthy snack, but that’s not a bit true if you’re eating it at a movie theater. In fact, researchers say a medium popcorn and soda has more calories and fat than three McDonald’s quarter-pounder hamburgers with a dozen slabs of butter on the side. That’s half the daily calories for a grown man and three-days worth of fat, experts say.

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