Coke, using a workout calculator it created with the help of physical activity expert Dr. Greg Whyte, says it would take 17 minutes running, 22 minutes of aerobic exercise and 17 minutes playing basketball to burn 138 calories in a 12-ounce can of Coke.

A study by John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health in Baltimore says that to burn the calories from a 20-ounce bottle of soda, a consumer would have to walk five miles or run for about 50 minutes.

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Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy technology through his company’s JTEC device that turns thermal heat into usable energy. (Natrice Miller/AJC)