The good news: we’re eating fewer calories. The bad news: that’s not translating into lower obesity rates.
Two federal studies on the amount of calories Americans eat show that we are eating less than we did about a decade ago, and that we’re also limiting the amount of fast food we consume.
Between 2007 to 2010, about 11.3% of daily calories came from from fast food, down from 12.8% reported between 2003 to 2006, according to data collected by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fast food consumption decreased with age, with adults aged 60 and older eating the least of this type of food. For younger adults, non-Hispanic black adults reporting eating the most fast food, with more than one-fifth of their daily calories coming from fast food chains.
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Eat better, eat less and exercise. And you will lose weight.
ReplyDeleteThe additives and chemical in the foods now are the cause really. Many of them actually inhibit the bodies ability to burn fat, and cause it to store. High Fructose corn syrup, is a real killer, and flouride? Gods don't get me started on that poison.
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