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SUGAR MOUNTAIN. "Rising consumption of sugary drinks has been a major contributor to the obesity epidemic. A typical 20-ounce soda contains 15 to 18 teaspoons of sugar and upwards of 240 calories. A 64-ounce fountain cola drink could have up to 700 calories." https://lnkd.in/ddg4fFB View in LinkedIn

FAST FOOD FOR BUSY LIVES. "Eight in 10 Americans report eating at fast-food restaurants at least monthly, with almost half saying they eat fast food at least weekly. Only 4% say they never eat at fast-food restaurants." https://lnkd.in/d9SWdh6 View in LinkedIn

SUGAR AS MAJOR CAUSE OF OBESITY. "Consumption of dietary sugars have increased in the population and have emerged as a major dietary component that has been linked with development of obesity and associated metabolic outcomes." http://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/events/hot-topics/2015-dietary-sugars/ View in LinkedIn

LIFE STYLE DIET, "As lifestyles become more hectic, fast-food consumption has become a growing part of the American diet. During 2007–2010, adults consumed, on average, 11.3% of their total daily calories from fast food. The percentage of total daily calories from fast food increased as weight status increased. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey." https://lnkd.in/dpCef-e View in LinkedIn

OBESITY AS A ONE WAY STREET. "The depressing fact, said Ochner in an interview, is that "the average adult with sustained obesity has less than a 1% chance of reattaining and maintaining a healthy body weight without surgery." https://lnkd.in/d9duDay View in LinkedIn

JUNK FOOD DAY. "The most common way to celebrate this food holiday is to eat all foods that are sugary, high in calorie, and oily, all day long. Common examples of junk foods are salted foods, potato chips, jelly beans, gums, candy bars, lollipops, doughnuts, desserts, ice cream, milkshakes, buttered popcorn, potato fries, fried fast food and carbonated drinks." http://www.dates.abouttravelingtheworld.com/special-holidays/national-junk-food-day/ View in LinkedIn

CANNOT MAKE THIS UP. "Yes, there really is something called National Junk Food Day and it's coming up on Monday, July 21st." https://lnkd.in/ddgGhQF View in LinkedIn

JUNK FOOD CULTURE. "In the last half century, junk food and fast food have come to play an extremely important role in American economic, historical, cultural, and social life. Today, they have a major influence on what Americans eat—and how healthy we are (or aren’t). (See: Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat)." https://lnkd.in/d9ka38Y View in LinkedIn

ALL AMERICAN. "The history of junk food is a largely American tale: It has been around for hundreds of years, in many parts of the world, but no one has done a better job inventing so many varieties of it, branding it, mass-producing it, making people rich off it and, of course, eating it." https://lnkd.in/du5pSg4 View in LinkedIn

SUGAR TAX. "Government advisory committee tells US to consider taxing sugary foods and drinks. The committee's report is a lengthy, well over 500-page document filled with findings and recommendations on nutrition that the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture will use to inform the 2015 update to "The Dietary Guidelines for Americans." https://lnkd.in/dUkgdwt View in LinkedIn