Many people enjoy an ice cream when summer arrives, but how much fits within the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration's recommendation of no more than five handfuls of sweets and snacks per week?
Here are the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration's examples of how much ice cream corresponds to the recommendation, as reported by DR and republished by Dagens.dk.
Five handfuls
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration recommends eating no more than five handfuls of snacks and sweets per week.
The size of your hand reflects your body's energy needs, making the recommendation easy to adapt to each individual.
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Ice cream counts as a sweet treat
Ice cream is included in the five handfuls alongside candy, chips, soft drinks, and other sweet treats.
A five-year-old
For a five-year-old girl, one handful is equivalent to a small ice pop weighing around 60 grams and containing approximately 80 calories.
Five ice pops per week
If a five-year-old does not eat any other sweets or snacks, the recommendation corresponds to five small ice pops over the course of a week.
More ice cream means fewer other sweet treats
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration emphasizes that eating extra ice cream during the holidays should be balanced by consuming fewer other snacks, sweets, and sugary drinks.
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A nine-year-old boy
For a nine-year-old boy, one handful is equivalent to two small scoops of ice cream served in a cup.
Two small scoops
The two small scoops of ice cream weigh around 130 grams and contain approximately 130 calories.
Ten small scoops in a week
If the nine-year-old does not eat any other sweets, the recommendation corresponds to ten small scoops of ice cream spread across a week.
A 15-year-old girl
For a 15-year-old girl, one handful is equivalent to a chocolate-coated ice cream bar weighing 65 grams and containing approximately 167 calories.
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Five chocolate-coated ice cream bars
The example of five ice cream bars per week only applies if no candy, soft drinks, or other sweet treats are consumed.
A 23-year-old man
For a 23-year-old man, one handful is equivalent to a large chocolate-coated ice cream bar weighing 70 grams and containing 215 calories.
DR also notes that a Magnum weighs 80 grams.
A 50-year-old man
For a 50-year-old man, one handful is equivalent to three scoops of ice cream weighing 95 grams in total, which, according to DR, contains 191 calories.
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Eating habits
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration emphasizes that eating a little more ice cream during the holidays will not upset the overall balance of a healthy diet.
What matters most is maintaining healthy eating habits throughout the rest of the year.
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