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每天吃一包薯片 一年体重增加约6.4公斤

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没有人能够抵挡得住零食的诱惑。但与此同时,你也可能低估了零食中所含的热量。

如果每天一包薯片,会发生什么?

据英国《泰晤士报》报道,如果每天多吃一包薯片,一年后体重将增加约6.4公斤。

People drastically underestimate the number of calories in their snacks, with experts warning that eating a bag of crisps every day could lead to a stone of weight gain in a year.

英国慈善机构Nesta的一份报告显示,在2000名受访者中,约3/4的人低估了小幅减少的热量摄入对体重的影响。

A survey of around 2,000 adults found that around three quarters underestimated the impact of a small reduction could have. One in ten believed that cutting 200 calories a day would not affect weight.

同时,很多人似乎并不清楚自己吃的零食中到底有多少热量。

根据Opinium发布的一项调查,尽管受访者对于自己所吃主食的热量含量估计基本正确,但他们对于零食中热量的估计值却与正确值相去甚远。

When it came to snacks, people struggled, with 95 percent guessing that half a sharing bag of tortilla chips had 214 calories on average, almost half the true figure of 447.

人们很难对零食中所含热量做出正确的估算。95%的受访者认为半袋油炸玉米片含有214卡路里热量。但实际上,这个估算值连实际值447的一半都不到。

报道还指出,零食在英国家庭饮食中的占比逐年走高,疫情导致的封锁让民众摄入了更多的零食。

总忍不住买零食?“食物环境”要背锅

尽管我们都知道吃零食对健康无益,有时却还是会不自觉地用零食塞满购物车。不要总责怪自己自制力差,这个“锅”超市货架也得背一半。

Nesta健康团队的负责人Hugo Harper表示,我们不应该把抵挡高热量零食诱惑的压力都给到消费者,我们的“食物环境”也需要做出改变。

He said, "Our environment has a real impact on what we eat, from adverts and supermarket promotions to what's available in our local corner shop.

他说:“周围环境实实在在地影响着我们的饮食,这些包括食品广告、超市促销活动、附近超市出售的食物等。”

"If we had fewer cues to snack, or were pushed to buy fewer high calorie snacks, we should be able to see real change."

“如果没有那么多东西诱导我们买零食,少一些高热量零食的推销,我们应该能看到很大的变化。”

今年十月,英国将执行新的规定来构建一个更加健康的“食物环境”,禁止大型超市对高糖高脂高盐的食物进行促销活动。

New rules coming into force in October will restrict promotions on foods high in fat, sugar and salt in big shops.

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