‘ICE SCREAM’ - AVERAGE AMERICAN EATS TWO SCOOPS A WEEK

‘ICE SCREAM’ - AVERAGE AMERICAN EATS TWO SCOOPS A WEEK

CHICAGO (Wireless Flash) – No wonder Americans need to lose weight: New research shows most of them are eating ice cream at least once a week. The report by Mintel Consumer Intelligence shows 51 percent of Americans eat ice cream once a week, with the mean being 2.2 times a week. Even worse: A whopping two-thirds of ice cream eaters don’t give a second thought to all the calories they’re consuming when they shovel down a bowl of the stuff. And even though a third of folks say they’re concerned about the calories in ice cream, that doesn’t necessarily keep them from eating it: Only 6 percent of Americans refuse to eat ice cream.

Thu 07-26-01