Even seemingly healthy snack boxes can get excessive.

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Blatner, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, said she's not surprised to hear Haub's health markers improved even when he loaded up on processed snack cakes.

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Carr's book posits that the hyperlinked, short burst, info-snack way we now get information, even the way we assume snippets of information, can replace long and deep learning and is corrosive to our selves and our culture.

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With weekly happy hours, a snack bar, craft days, organized runs and even an in-office photo booth.

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If Americans who ordered chicken wings were instead served a dish of deep fried grasshoppers, they would gag, even though many people in Thailand would line up for the delicious snack.

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Even Pepsi, which derives a chunk of revenue from its Frito-Lay snack business, will probably hold on to them for at least two years because of tax reasons and then sell them off.

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But what snack is easy to prepare, portable, tasty and will help you maintain or even lose weight?

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