Move over white bread. Soda and sweet drinks are most Americans' single largest source of daily calories. Ouch! But then again, we already knew that, right? All we have to do is look around us, on any given day, in any given place, and we'll see throngs of folks mindlessly chugging down empty-calorie, sugary concoctions.
Odilia Bermudez, Ph.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor of Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, painstakingly analyzed data about the self-reported diets off a large nationwide sample of American adults participating in the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
More than two thirds of those surveyed 'fessed up that soda and/or sweet drinks --which are our nation's largest single source of fructose corn syrup--made up the bulk of their daily calories--more so than any other food.
Move over white bread. Soda and sweet drinks are most Americans' single largest source of daily calories. Ouch! But then again, we already knew that, right? All we have to do is look around us, on any given day, in any given place, and we'll see throngs of folks mindlessly chugging down empty-calorie, sugary concoctions.
But what we witness on a daily basis is now being confirmed by reputable researchers from Tufts University, who unveiled preliminary findings and are preparing a more comprehensive paper, to be released soon.
Odilia Bermudez, Ph.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor of Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, painstakingly analyzed data about the self-reported diets off a large nationwide sample of American adults participating in the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
More than two thirds of those surveyed 'fessed up that soda and/or sweet drinks --which are our nation's largest single source of fructose corn syrup--made up the bulk of their daily calories--more so than any other food.