Salon.com > New England Journal of Medicine http://www.salon.com Tue, 21 May 2013 03:48:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Bad news: Sex doesn’t burn that many calories http://www.salon.com/2013/02/01/bad_news_sex_doesnt_burn_that_many_calories_partner/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/01/bad_news_sex_doesnt_burn_that_many_calories_partner/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13187151 Pacific Standard Buried in an article reviewing the myths and facts of obesity and weight-loss in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine is this gem:

“Myth number 7: A bout of sexual activity burns 100 to 300 kcal for each participant.”

There’s no shortage of Web sites extolling the cardiovascular virtues of sex, from undressing to foreplay to intercourse. Suffice it to say that they’re long on pseudo-science and short on data. A random sample:

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