We get about a quarter of our calories from snacks and new research shows that this isn't necessarily bad for us. Done right, snacking can boost our health.
We are often told not to eat between meals, and there is a general perception that snacking is unhealthy. But, as usual when it comes to food, temptation prevails.
Snacking is very common, and increasingly so. In the early 1970s, for example, US adults consumed about 18 per cent of their total calories in snack form. By 2010, that had risen to 23 per cent. Similar numbers have been recorded in the UK, Brazil and Norway.
