6 Sneaky Things That Make You Fat

Maybe you eat a low-fat lunch but grab a creamy latte for your 2 p.m. pick-me-up. Or maybe you can't resist topping your salads with dollops of blue cheese. You might be surprised how quickly these sneaky extras can add up.

1. Diet Drinks. Artificial sweeteners may cause you to overeat by making it harder for your body to naturally "count" calories and disrupting its ability to gauge the relationship between food intake and weight, according to researchers at Purdue University.

2. Salads. A garden salad with vinegar and oil dressing has only 93 calories and 5 grams of fat, but a chicken Caesar salad from Chili's has 1,010 calories and 76 grams of fat—more fat in one seemingly healthy salad than the average woman should have in a day.

3. "Natural" snacks. Chips and munchies labeled natural may not be as wholesome as they appear. For example, a single serving of Multigrain Tostitos has more calories than Tostitos restaurant-style chips and "has more sugar (1 gram) than any of its 'Four Wholesome Grains,"" charges the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

4. Cocktails or beer. What do you drink when you head out for happy hour? If you treat yourself to an apple martini, which is loaded with 235 calories, prepare to jog an extra half an hour to burn off those calories.

5. Coffee. Your daily coffee break could add up. A 16-ounce grande Caffè Vanilla Frappuccino from Starbucks contains 430 calories, more than most cheeseburgers.

6. Hidden sugar. Yogurt and granola are healthy choices, but watch out for added sugar. Some types of granola bars and yogurt cups are loaded with sugar or candy pieces, detracting from their nutritional value.

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