One reason for the growing US obesity problem

At least it didn't refer to it as an "epidemic", which is a pet peeve of mine. I think "epidemic" should be confined to contagious diseases and/or things which are analogous to contagious diseases.

Anyway, I wonder how this is measured. How the hell do we know how much fat and sugar are being consumed? Even if we know how much is being produced there has to be a certain percentage which is wasted.

I was wondering whether the sugar number included things like high-fructose corn syrup and the like and indeed it does. From the source "All forms of sugar and sweeteners, expressed in kilograms per capita per year."

Just watch the sugar and everything else should pretty much be fine.

Very long and very interesting video about the effects of fructose on the human body by a pediatric endocrinologist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

I'm normally not inclined to believe such wacky tales but this seems to have a high science to bullshit ratio.

I watch sugar and flour. It's junk carbs that "obese" you.