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The Wall Street Diet Book

The Wall Street Diet Information

Too busy to diet? Heather Bauer's new book, The Wall Street Diet will teach you how to lose weight, keep it off, and still keep up with your busy life.

 

Startling Statistics
By Heather Bauer, RD, CDN | January 2007 | SUBSCRIBE | VIEW ARCHIVE

Did you know that…

  • The Super Bowl is ranked as the number two food consumption event of the year, second only to Thanksgiving?
  • Americans consume 30.4 million pounds of snack foods during the Super Bowl?
  • Americans consume more than 11 million pounds of potato chips on Super Bowl Sunday?
  • Americans double their average daily consumption of snacks on Super Bowl Sunday, consuming more than 33 million pounds of goodies in one day?
  • The average Super Bowl watcher consumes about 1200 calories during the course of the game?
  • An additional $11.8 million is sold in beer prior to Super Bowl Sunday?
  • $237.2 million are spent on soft drinks during the week leading up to the Super Bowl?

This year, let’s try to bring down the numbers. Nu-train newsletter readers, America and your body need you!

Statistics courtesy of Nubella.com