Nutty Bar, Nacho Doritos, can of Cherry Coke. Chicken Caesar salad, Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pie, large mug of root beer. McDonald's ham, egg and cheese bagel, hash browns, medium Diet Coke. Small dish of chocolate peanut butter ice cream. Bagel with American cheese, French fries, can of Diet Coke.
People snack when they're rushed, bored, anxious.
They nibble when they're watching TV and on the computer, while they're sitting at their desk, when they arrive home from school and have nothing to do. Snacking has become such a habit that some kids nibble around the clock. Kids go to a soccer game for an hour, and someone brings a snack. They go to preschool for two hours, and 15 minutes of that is having a snack. We've ingrained the snacking habit into our children from a very, very young age.