How Aussie can be a nation of addicts
[My Australasia]
We love coffee, chocolate, playing computer games and more than two thirds of Australians say they routinely ignore chores to do something more fun.
Survey results released on Wednesday found 95 per cent of Australians admitted to having an everyday addiction.
The survey, by Reader's Digest, found just about every one of us admits to "a harmless everyday compulsion - something we do or buy not because we have to but because we find it just too hard to resist".
The survey, taken by 750 adults, was split into three categories: eating, retail therapy and time out activities.
According to the poll, 41 per cent of Australians regularly shop for "treats" rather than essentials, with nearly one third of those shoppers keen bargain hunters.
Women were more likely than men to consider themselves shopaholics, many stating that clothes and accessories were their weaknesses.
Men prefer to treat themselves to hobby items and DVDs or videos.
The survey found 67 per cent of Australians routinely ignore essential tasks in favour of "time out" activities.
One quarter will watch television, another quarter will surf the internet, while 29 per cent opt for playing computer or video games.
Sixty per cent of those polled said they regularly crave certain foods and drinks.
Coffee topped the addiction among almost one-third of people and chocolate was a close second, followed by soft drinks and chips and lollies.
One in 10 people said they were addicted to exercise.
Many also said they were addicted to seafood, nuts and "fresh crunchy fruit". AAP
We love coffee, chocolate, playing computer games and more than two thirds of Australians say they routinely ignore chores to do something more fun.
Survey results released on Wednesday found 95 per cent of Australians admitted to having an everyday addiction.
The survey, by Reader's Digest, found just about every one of us admits to "a harmless everyday compulsion - something we do or buy not because we have to but because we find it just too hard to resist".
The survey, taken by 750 adults, was split into three categories: eating, retail therapy and time out activities.
According to the poll, 41 per cent of Australians regularly shop for "treats" rather than essentials, with nearly one third of those shoppers keen bargain hunters.
Women were more likely than men to consider themselves shopaholics, many stating that clothes and accessories were their weaknesses.
Men prefer to treat themselves to hobby items and DVDs or videos.
The survey found 67 per cent of Australians routinely ignore essential tasks in favour of "time out" activities.
One quarter will watch television, another quarter will surf the internet, while 29 per cent opt for playing computer or video games.
Sixty per cent of those polled said they regularly crave certain foods and drinks.
Coffee topped the addiction among almost one-third of people and chocolate was a close second, followed by soft drinks and chips and lollies.
One in 10 people said they were addicted to exercise.
Many also said they were addicted to seafood, nuts and "fresh crunchy fruit". AAP
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