No longer satisfied by three meals a day, Americans have made it a habit to snack whenever hunger hits.
In 2005, Americans spent about $61.4 billion on snack foods — up $3.6 billion over the previous five years, according to a report by Packaged Facts, a publishing division of MarketResearch.com.
“Just think about how many calories that adds up to and it’s easy to understand why 65% of Americans are overweight” says Houraney.
On any given day, about a quarter of Americans skip breakfast and 1 in 8 skip lunch, but 90% treat themselves to a snack, according to the International Deli-Dairy-Bakery Assn. In 2002, a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that about 86% of Americans admit to eating between meals on any given day. On average, Americans eat about two snacks daily — a frequency mostly unchanged since the first CDC survey in 1971.
Chewing gum tops the list as the number one snack food that adults, ages 18 to 54, eat during snack occasions. http://www.npd.com/
Hoodia Gordonii is a natural appetite suppressant extracted from a South African cactus plant. http://www.chewawaygum.com/
Hoodia simply makes you feel full and without the usual hunger pains that accompany fad diets.
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Dr Alvaro Viljoen, a lecturer in pharmacology and chemistry at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, said: "I believe that this is going to be huge, far bigger than Viagra…”
Now American Health Products has launched CHEWAWAYGUM ™ as the latest salvo in America’s longest war;
‘The War on Calories’.
“Sweet, Simple and Effective; ‘The Perfect Snack’ can well become ‘Your Best New Habit’” says Houraney, and that’s certainly something to ‘chew on’….”
