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November 18, 2008How Fattening Are Your Drinks? Americans Average More Than 6,000 Calories a Month from Alcohol, Study Finds |
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From Ascribe Newsfeed: As the holidays draw near, tempting even the most cautious Americans to overeat and drink, some will search for ways to avoid excessive calories. Alcohol, after all, is the ninth largest contributor to daily energy intake in the United States, according to a study published by the Journal of Food Consumption and Analysis. And together with sweets and soft drinks, alcoholic beverages account for almost 25 percent of all the energy consumed in this country. U.S. Health and Human Services estimates that someone weighing 155 pounds would have to walk 30 minutes to burn that much energy. The study also finds that twelve-ounce bottles of light beer, which average approximately 97 calories, are easier on the waistline. "If you have a large serving of alcohol you are going to get a lot of calories. And if you have mixers on top of that, you will have a lot of extra calories. Considering the frequency with which American drinkers in this study said they consume alcohol, all these extra calories average out to 6,423 calories every month. To collect data for this report, researchers analyzed study participants' responses to the 2003 follow-up study of the 2000 National Alcohol Survey. The Alcohol Research Group of the Public Health Institute has conducted epidemiological studies of alcohol and health services research since 1959. The Public Health Institute (PHI), an independent nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, is dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world.
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