THURSDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) — If you’re hungry while shopping for a new sofa, don’t despair: 22% of U.S. furniture stores now sell sweet or salty snacks, a new report finds.In fact, the sale of high-calorie snack foods has moved far beyond grocery stores to hit most segments of the retail market, say the authors of the study published online Dec. 17 in the American Journal of Public Health. The easy availability of snack items might be contributing to America’s obesity epidemic, the researchers said.A team from Tulane University School of Public Health in New Orleans …
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