RECESSION PRESSURE FORCED AMERICANS TO SPEND LESS ON FOOD,
≠ The United States is no longer the Land of the Super-sized Cheeseburger and Coke as findings of a newly conducted study has shown that Americans have finally shifted towards eating much healthier food// (ukcanadaus)
≠ According to experts, in past several years American eating habits have gone worse, and to the most fat and sugar consumption was the main cause behind increasing obese population in the country//
≠ The study showed that the calories consumed by typical American adults, which reached an alarming peak in 2003, are now undergoing their first sustained decline since the US government started monitoring them more than 40 years ago// (ukcanadaus)
≠ This calorie intake decline has been noted the most among children where the average daily calorie consumption has decreased by at least 9%// The study noted the most dramatic decline in the amount of sugary soft drinks consumed by Americans// (ukcanadaus)
≠ It was found that an average American drank 25% less sugary soft drinks than since the late 1990s when an individual drank a surprising 40 gallons a year// (ukcanadaus)