Some Stats on Eating Habits

Did you know that:

• 53 percent of Americans say they try to avoid snacking, up 10 percent from 20 years ago
• Stove tops are used 18 percent less and microwave use has doubled since 1985
• Use of fresh products (scratch cooking) has declined 10 percent since 1985 to only 46 percent
• In 2004, 75 percent of adults said they wanted to reduce fat from their diets and 61 percent wanted to add more whole grains
  
  (Now I would like to see the sales figures for potato chips, chicken wings, etc., and see how people's actual behavior matched their self-reported goals!)
  
  These facts on "20 years of eating habits" were excerpted in the magazine Fancy Food & Culinary Products. I got the January issue as a freebie at the recent Fancy Food Show. The magazine culled them from "Eating Patterns in America" report by the NPD Group