Snack

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A snack is a small portion of food eaten between meals. The food might be snack food—items like potato chips or baby carrots—but could also simply be a smaller amount of any food item.

Snacks and health [edit]

Excessive snacking has been implicated in the increasing prevalence of obesity in many countries.^{[citation needed]}

Healthy snacks include those that have significant vitamins, are low in saturated fat and added sugars and have a low sodium content.^[1] Examples of healthy snacks include:

• Foods that have Whole grains ^[1]
• Fruits and vegetables ^[1]
• Nuts and seeds ^[1]
• Low fat dairy products ^[1]
• Lean meats,^[2] eggs, such as hard boiled eggs^[2] and lean cheese.

Snacks and cognition [edit]

A Tufts University, Department of Psychology empirical study titled, "Effect of an afternoon confectionery snack on cognitive processes critical to learning" found that a consumption of a confectionery snack in the afternoon improved spatial memory in the study's sample group, but in the area of attention performance had a mixed effect.^[3]

See also [edit]

Food portal

• List of snack foods
• List of snack foods by country
• Snack food

References [edit]

Additional sources [edit]

• (April 3, 1973.) "America: just one long snack bar." Ellensburg Daily Record. Accessed October 2011.

External links [edit]

• Wikibooks Cookbook – A collection of recipes from around the world

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