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Are you a savvy snacker? Snacks can be a health plus or an eating disaster. How much do you know about the snacks you choose? That's the topic of my TODAY Show segment with Hoda Kotb and guest co-host Donny Deutsch (Kathy Lee is away this week). Take this quiz, and see if you need to revise your own snacking habits......
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QUESTION 1. Does a 1 ounce serving of almonds (about 24 nuts) contain MORE or LESS than 12 grams of fat?
QUESTION 2. When comparing the calories in baked potato chips to those in regular potato chips, do the regular potato chips have 30%, 50%, or 100% more calories than the baked version?
QUESTION 3. Soups can be a great snack, but how much sodium (salt) is in a bowl of tomato soup? Is it 450 mg, 650 mg or 850 mg 10 ounce serving?
QUESTION 4. We all love dips, so try to rank the calories in these different dips, ranking from lowest to highest calories: hummus, guacamole, salsa, light ranch dip.
QUESTION 5. For frozen treats, we're comparing a one cup serving of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia frozen yogurt with Cherry Garcia ice cream. How many calories, per one cup servings, do you save when choosing the frozen yogurt instead of the ice cream - is it 80, 120, or 160 calories?
QUESTION 6. Another related question to the yogurt versus ice cream switch. How much fat did we save by opting for the frozen yogurt, instead of the ice cream - is it equivalent to 5, 8, or 11 fudgescicles?
QUESTION 7. Here's one about fruit. Rank these four fruits from lowest to highest calories per serving. 1 cup of grapes; 10 dried apple slices; 1 peach; 3 dried plums (prunes).
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