Interesting.
Thanks for posting it.
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/food_survey_dc_3
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The number of U.S. consumers on
low-carbohydrate diets rose sharply in the first two weeks of 2005,
but many Americans are likely to give up the diets as the year
progresses, according to a new survey.In the week of Jan. 10, 15 percent of 1,000 Americans surveyed claimed
to be following a low-carb diet such as Atkins or South Beach,
according to market research firm Opinion Dynamics. The level is the
highest since Opinion Dynamics began tracking low-carb dieting in
December 2003.A survey conducted a month earlier showed 6 percent of consumers
claimed to be on low-carb diets, the firm said.The popularity of low-carb diets, which shun foods like bread and
pasta in favor of proteins such as meat and cheese, soared at the
beginning of 2004 and prompted major U.S. food companies to make
low-carb versions of everything from cereal to cookies.The craze, however, had died down by the end of the year and sales of
low-carb products slowed.Larry Shiman, vice president of research for Boston-based Opinion
Dynamics, said many consumers had taken up the low-carb regimens as
part of a New Year's resolution to lose weight."Some of these consumers will discontinue the diet as the year
progresses," Shiman said in a statement, adding that "it is clear that
there is still strong consumer interest in low-carb diets."--
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