Tip - Are Potatoes Fattening? | eHow

By themselves, potatoes are not fattening. However, most people do not eat plain baked potatoes, which consist of about 130 to 150 calories. Usually, its the ingredients people use with potatoes that are quite fattening, such as toppings on a baked potato. In addition to baked potatoes, people like to fry or mash them using fattening ingredients as...