• Women who drink one or more cups of coffee daily have a 22%-25% lower risk of having a stroke than those who drink less coffee. [Healthcare/Medical, Food/Beverages] (Susanna Larsson, Ph.D., National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinka Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; phone: 011-46-8524-86059; email: susanna.larsson@ki.se)
• Four in 10 U.S. adults ages 18-24 (40%) and 54% of those ages 25-39 drink coffee every day. [Food/Beverages] (National Coffee Association of U.S.A.; phone: 212-766-4007)
• More than seven in 10 men (72%) have worn the same underwear two days in a row. [Men] (Glamour magazine; phone: 212-286-2860)
• Four in 10 adults (40%) think doing their own taxes is more dangerous than cutting their own hair. [Finance] (OfficeMax; phone: 630-438-7800)
• Five of the 10 most widely followed Twitter users are musical performers. [Social Networking] (Twitalyzer; phone: 503-282-2601)
• More than three quarters of women (78%) consider themselves successful. [Women] (Women’s Health magazine; phone: 212-808-1683)
• People whose spouses nag them frequently are 300% more likely to develop heart disease than those with more easy-going partners. [Family, Healthcare/Medical] (Rikke Lund, M.D., Ph.D., Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen; phone: 011-45-353-27992; email: rilu@sund.ku.dk)
• Nearly six in 10 adults (57%) say they’re more likely to patronize restaurants that offer food produced via organic or other environmentally friendly methods. [Food/Beverages] (National Restaurant Association; phone: 202-331-5900)
• Sales of private-label foods are expected to grow from 25% of the global grocery market to 50% by 2025. [Food/Beverages] (Rabobank, Food and Agribusiness Research; phone: 011-31-30216-2758)
• Nearly seven in 10 consumers (69%) believe that visible signs of aging are largely genetic and therefore unaffected by external remedies. [Health/Beauty Aids] (Mintel; phone: 312-628-7946)
• Almost nine in 10 impulse purchases (88%) are made because the product is on sale. [Retail/Service Sector] (The Hartman Group; phone: 425-452-0818)
• Americans spent more than $3.2 billion on potato chips ($10 per capita) between February 2010 and February 2011. [Food/Beverages] (Nielsen; phone: 646-654-5000)
• Of the 64% of U.S. shoppers who bought at least some holiday gifts online during the 2010 holiday season, 5% did all their shopping on the Internet. [Retail/Service Sector, Online] (BIGresearch; phone: 614-846-0146)
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