The average American is 36.6 years old and eats 1,996 lbs. of food per year. That’s about 2,700 calories a day. On any given week, the average American eats more than half a pound of french fries, a gallon of soda, and close to 4 pounds of flour and cereal products!
Take a minute to study the infographic below. How does your diet compare?

53 GALLONS of soda!?! Wow. That’s terrible. I think my diet a little bit different! Excellent post, thanks for sharing!
I work with people that drink a gallon a day…YIKES!
We have free Coke products at work, so there’s definitely ‘Gallon of Soda a Day’ clubbers at my office too
That’s impressive. Maybe we should have a separate challenge to see if we can drink a gallon of soda every day for a month??
Where’s the chocolate on that graphic?
Good point Mrs. Callahan! I guess it’s under Coffee, Cocoa & Nuts. Or perhaps Corn Syrup.
You know, re-reading this morning, I’m actually impressed that the average American eats so many vegetables. 415 pounds is a lot of veggies.