Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

Here is just a fun followup to my article earlier about the caloric content of hot dogs and hamburgers. Joey "Jaws" Chestnut consumed 68 hot dogs and buns within a span of 10 minutes.

According to Calorie Count (a service offered by about.com) each hot dog and bun contain:

Calories - 309
Total Fat - 20g
Sat. Fat -8g
Cholesterol - 35mg
Sodium - 684mg
Total Carbs - 23g

Multiply that by 68 and you get:

Calories - 21,012
Total Fat - 1360g
Sat. Fat - 544g
Cholesterol - 2380mg
Sodium - 46,512mg
Total Carbs - 1564g

If those facts are correct, then Joey Chestnut consumed more calories in ten minutes than some people do in a week.