There were also references to more junk food, sweets and chocolate appearing in lunchboxes, and less fruit.

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If only the sales of those sweets seemed to teach more to the little girls.

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Men are more likely to make expensive impulse buys and to give in to their children's demands for sweets, so Food Plus stores offer more of these goods at the weekend.

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Sweets are where you can get more creative, Mr. Doassans says.

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Hostess sweets have tempted the sugar-starved among us for more than eight decades.

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In the sweets category, plain old chocolate is the most popular, but milk chocolate was 37% more popular than dark chocolate in the past month.

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New York (CNN) -- More than 200 people received hepatitis A vaccinations over the weekend after learning that a Manhattan restaurant employee handling sweets was infected with the virus, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

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