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Motorists are eating up to a fifth of their daily calories by snacking behind the wheel on junk food and chocolate bars, a new survey says today. It says the average British driver consumes a whopping 3,960 calories each week at the wheel of their car – equivalent to two days of a woman’s recommended daily calorific intake. Figures released today find that nearly six out of ten of choco-guzzling motorists regularly tuck into their favourite snacks while driving, totting up an average of 410 calories on each journey. A high energy chocolate bar alone contains about 280 calories. According to the Korean car-maker Kia Motors ‘Spare Tyre report’, which analysed British driving habits, UK motorists make nine trips by car each week, grazing on food and drink on most occasions. The report says: ‘Chocolate, sweets and fizzy drinks were revealed as the snacks that most drivers eat at the wheel – the combined calories of a fizzy drink and bar of chocolate totalling 410 calories each time. ‘The combined in-car calories represent 21 per cent of the recommended daily intake for a woman and 16 per cent for a man.’ To work off the effects of their indulgence, the motorists would have to spend an hour on an exercise bike or 30 minutes on a tennis court. The recommended daily calorie intake is 2,500 calories for a man and 2,000 for a woman. When asked about their reasons for snacking at the wheel, the ‘Spare Tyre’ report found that nearly half of motorists eat and drink on the go because they don’t have time at home. Some 1 in 6 of drivers admitted to drinking their morning cup of tea or coffee in the car in order to extend their lie in, while 10 per cent said that they regularly juggle a sandwich with the steering wheel. More