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Do we eat too much Junk Food?

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•  It is estimated that today Americans each week eat an average of 3 hamburgers apiece in 2013.
• 4 hamburgers apiece in 1969.

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• About 20 billion (15 billion in 1968) hot dogs are consumed per year: 
  • This means an average of 70 hot dogs per person today.
  • 75 hot dogs per person in 1968.

• U.S. availability of ice cream has declined since its peak of 22.7 pounds in 1946

• Despite the multitude of offerings in the ice cream aisle, ice cream availability has fallen to 12.9 pounds per person in 2012, down from 16.7 pounds in 1970. 

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Do we drink too much Soda?

• Over the last 20 years, sales of full-calorie soda in the United States have plummeted by more than 25 percent. 
• Soda consumption, which rocketed from the 1960s through 1990s, is now experiencing a serious and sustained decline. (New York Times, October 2015)

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Only Potato Chips Consumption is stable.

• Potato chips consumption hasn’t changed since 1970 with 4.3 pounds per person/year.

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Americans Eat Healthier

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Nationwide Comparison 1980 vs. 2015

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