How much junk food does the average American eat in a year?
Current estimates of amounts of particular junk foods consumed by each American yearly are as follows:
- 50 pounds of cookies and cakes
- 100 pounds of refined sugar
- 55 pounds of fat and oil
- 300 containers of soda
- 200 sticks of chewing gum
- 20 gallons of ice cream
- 5 pounds of potato chips
- 18 pounds of candy
- 2 pounds of popcorn
- unknown quantity of pretzels and a wide variety of snack foods.
Source: Elkort, Martin. The Secret Life of Food, 1991, p. 125.
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