Study shows that music fans burn up to 9,000 calories at festivals

A newly published study looks into the average calorie burn as some of the country’s biggest festivals.

Tech company Withings has conducted research looking into the number of miles each person walks at the average festival, and the amount of calories they burn per day.

Ignoring the level of excess involved with most festivals - the crap burgers, warm pints, general sense of ‘overdoing it’ - the study shows that festival goers can burn up to 3,000 calories each day, over 9,000 across an entire weekend.

The endless scale of Glastonbury makes it the most calorie burning-friendly fest, while Reading & Leeds and V Festival also rack up the numbers.

See the full list below, via NME.

Glastonbury – 3,400 calories burnt per day /5.1 miles per person
V Festival –3,100 calories burnt per day /4.6 miles per person
Reading Festival – 3,000 calories burnt per day /4.7 miles per person
T in the Park – 3,000 calories burnt per day /4.5 miles per person
Leeds Festival – 2,900 calories burnt per day/4.6 miles per person
Creamfields – 2,800 calories burnt per day /4.2 miles per person
Isle of Wight Festival – 2,700 calories burnt per day /4 miles per person
Bestival – 2,600 calories burnt per day /4 miles per person
Lovebox – 2,500 calories burnt per day/3.1 miles per person
T4 On The Beach – 2,300 calories burnt per day/ 2.9 miles per person

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