Women will have to run 5 HOURS to burn calories consumed Christmas Day

Women will need to run for five hours two minutes to burn off the food they eat on Christmas Day, while men face jogging for four hours 25 minutes.

Women will consume 3,514 calories on December 25 and men a waist-expanding 3,640 calories – up to 76 per cent more than the recommended daily allowance.

If they take to the pool, women would have to swim for more than seven hours and men for six hours 18 minutes to burn it all off.

That's a lot of effort for an extra scoop of stuffing...