Paleogal wrote:
>March 2, 2004
>NUTRITION NEWS FOCUS
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>Today's Topic: We Eat Too Much
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>The well documented doubling of obesity in the U.S. over the last
>30 years has spawned numerous fad diets that emphasize one food group
>over another. Government scientists now tell us we simply eat too
>much of everything.
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>Men have increased calorie intake by almost 200 while women have
>increased by more than 300 daily. It really doesn't matter if fat
>consumption has dropped as a percentage of calories. Total fat and
>carbohydrate consumption has increased. The report is available at
>http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5304.pdf on page 80.
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Interesting. Quote from article:
"the increased energy intake was caused primarily by higher carbohydrate
intake.... with a
62.4-gram [daily] increase among women and a 67.7-gram increase among
men. Total fat
intake in grams increased among women by 6.5 g and decreased among men
by 5.3 g."