Snacking Is Taking Over the Way We Eat

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🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Americans are snacking more than ever before, a recent report found 95 percent of American adults eat at least a snack a day. It wasn’t always that way. Atlantic writer Ellen Cushing writes that until recently, “There were no elaborate treats after soccer practice, or snack trays on strollers, or tubes of yogurt. Energy bars were for athletes, not accountants. National parks did not have vending machines.” Snacks have become so ubiquitous and easy that some have abandoned main, sit-down meals all together. We’ll talk to experts about the dominance of snacking and how these in between meals impact our health. And we want to hear from you, how much do you snack? Guests: Ellen Cushing, staff writer, The Atlantic; author of recent article "Snacks Took Over American Life" Maya Feller, registered dietitian nutritionist; author of "Eating from Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites from Cultures Around the World"; host of Slate's Well, Now Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:31.3	To a surprising extent, snacking is new. Not new, but a postmodern phenomenon, as Atlantic staff writer Ellen Cushing argues.
1:37.3	Energy bars were for athletes, not accountants. National parks did not have vending machines.
1:42.3	Grocery stores did not have aisles and aisles of portable abundance.
1:46.0	Now, 95% of adults snack on any given day and more than half consumed at least three snacks.
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