That sweet craving is an issue across the globe, but nowhere is as prevalent as in the United States.
Americans on average eat about 152 pounds of sugar per year, each.
That’s roughly 22 teaspoons of sugar every single day for every American.
And our children eat even more sugar than adult, an average of 34 teaspoons per day.
To get some perspective on how easy it is to consume that much sugar, 34 teaspoons is roughly the amount of sugar in 2 20-ounce sodas.
This is the driving force behind the epidemic of obesity among children and teenagers.
