It’s no wonder sticking to a diet is so difficult for most women since they seem to spend a lot of their time thinking about food, snacks and treats. As a matter of fact, a new survey conducted by Appesat, a revolutionary weight-loss pill that tricks the stomach into thinking it’s full, indicates that an average woman thinks about food for a total of almost two years of her life.

The poll included almost 4,000 Brits both men and women, with the results pointing that, when it comes to food, there is little that can stand between a woman and her next meal – or, at least, between her and her thinking of it. Women think about the next time they get to sit down at the table or even snack something hurriedly for an average of 44 minutes a day, which means an entire day goes to dreaming of food every month – totaling one year and 11 months over an average lifetime. Oppositely, men are less preoccupied by food, thinking of eating for about 4 months less during their life.

According to the British publication the Daily Mail, the results of the poll are relevant in more ways than just one, since they also reveal that Britons are constantly dreaming about food, up to the point of waking up in the middle of the night to snack. For instance, one in ten people actually do this and head to the fridge for a midnight treat, while 15 percent actually dream of food and eating. Four in five people admit to overeating, while 20 percent are actually willing to accept that they are “addicted” to overeating and cannot break the circle.

“The average Brit admits that they start thinking about lunch by 11.00am and our evening meal is usually planned by 2.45 in the afternoon. One in five Brits even admitted to being obsessed with food, with more than a third saying thoughts of their next meal is the only thing that gets them through their day at work. Another 27 per cent also admit that food sometimes controls their mind.” the Mail says of the findings of the survey.

That the modern man continues to be obsessed with food despite heightened emphasis on health and eating right is not something new. Just recently, another study revealed that one in five people thinks about dieting for every living day, despite not doing anything or doing very little in this sense. Research has also shown that women eat a lifetime’s worth of fat by the time they’re 50, which means they put themselves at unnecessary risk mostly because they can’t curb their cravings.