World Report: September 15, 2006 Vol. 12 No. 3

Top 5 Lunch-Box Foods

What did you bring for lunch? If you said a sandwich, chips and an apple, we're not surprised. A recent survey of Americans' eating habits shows that those three items went to school more often than any other foods. The researchers looked into kids' lunch boxes 10,019 times. Here are the lunchtime favorites they found.

1. Fruit - 29%
2. Chips - 28%
3. Peanut Butter-and-Jelly Sandwich - 26%
4. Cookies - 16%
5. Crackers - 11%

Source: The NPD Group/National Eating Trends (Net)