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Yogurt tops list of snacks
Yogurt is the number one food eaten as a snack by children ages 2–17, according to the market research company NPD Group.

Potato chips, fresh fruit, string cheese and prepackaged cheese cubes and shapes, and hard candy join yogurt as the top five foods eaten as snacks. Ice cream and fudge pops, chewy candy, corn chips, donuts, and snack pies and pastries round out the top 10. NPD’s SnackTrack® monitors the consumption of snack foods both in-home and away. NPD defines sna…