Obesity rates decline as education Obesity rates decline as education increases…increases…

• Less than high school 27.4%

• High school 23.2%

• Some college 21%

• College or above 15.7%

Since 2000 the fat Since 2000 the fat grams in our food grams in our food

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The food industry added 77.2 grams of fat and 29.7 grams of caloric sweeteners per capita into our food supply. This makes high calorie food very cheap!

Source: USDA (2006)

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Early in 2005 a pound of beet sugar cost 24 cents but high fructose corn syrup cost about half as much at 13 cents a pound.HFCS has become a very common and cheap sweetener.

Source: USDA

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We took out the fiber then put it back in but didn’t change consumption much

On average Americans only get 15 grams of fiber in their daily diet.