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‘Unseen’ calories in alcohol give drinkers food for thought

Drinkers can consume more calories in a night out than their entire daily allowance, an obesity expert has warned.

People can fail to consider the amount of calories in alcohol when they are calculating their daily intake, said Professor Donal O'Shea, endocrinologist at St Colmcille's Hospital in Dublin.

"They will consider a gin and tonic which has 160 calories to be the same as an Americano coffee which has four."

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Source: Irish Independent, 08/03/2017

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