Chew gum, eat less

摘要

European gum users have a range of motivations for chewing; among the reasons they give are tooth whitening, a distraction from smoking, and a way of eating less. The propensity to chew gum for the first two benefits is similar among men and women, varying little from the country average in each case. But, when it comes to looking at gum as a 'food replacer,' there is a definite gender difference, with a 10-to-11 point spread between men and women.