Sentences with phrase «national food consumption patterns»

That our national food consumption patterns are in need of a dramatic overhaul is indisputable — almost 17 percent of children and 35 percent of U.S. adults are obese, percentages that are only rising.

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Whereas estimates from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and Living Costs and Food Survey are broadly comparable (123 mL / adult / day versus 168 mL / person / day), the British Soft Drinks Association's figures are threefold to fourfold higher.48 61 The level and pattern of consumption will determine the magnitude of the public health effects of a sugar sweetened drinks tax, as well as its effect on health inequalities.