Cranberry sauce and salad dressing rank as the biggest sugar culprits, according to Label Insight, which analyzed its product and ingredient database to find how much sugar a typical Thanksgiving dinner plate would contain. Findings showed that people consume about…
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Eighty-six percent (86%) of consumers think of Wisconsin when they think of cheese.—Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin
Consumer Credit Defaults at Lowest Rate of Year
The economy’s getting better, as President Trump keeps reminding us. And that means fewer consumers are defaulting on their financial obligations. The S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices composite rate was five basis points lower than last month, at 0.82%. The…
One-Third of U.S. Households Changed Pay-TV Services in Year
One-third of pay-tv subscribers in U.S. broadband households changed their pay-tv services between 1Q 2017 and 1Q 2018. Fifteen percent of pay-tv subscribers, slightly less than half of all who made changes in the past year, downgraded to a less…
Why So Few Girls Pursue STEM Careers? A Lack of Confidence
The critical role of sports in helping girls develop self-confidence is vividly demonstrated by a new survey of 10,678 U.S. girls which also finds their interest in pursuing a career in math and/or science increases 16% from fifth to ninth…
We Spent More Time in the Hospital in 2016
Government run general hospitals saw more business last year, with Americans spending 28,267,000 days as patients in government-run general hospitals in 2016, up 1.9% from 27,735,000 days in 2015, the Census Bureau said. We also spent 144,878,000 inpatient days in…