American sugar consumption nearly doubles official recommended limits

Evidence

And sugar is no average foodstuff. What was once a luxury to adorn the lavish banquets of elites has become a toxic foodstuff for the masses. America’s high rate of sugar consumption is a major factor in our poor national health. The average American’s sugar consumption is nearly twice the limit the USDA recommends, based on a two-thousand-calorie diet, and sugar has been linked in the United States to diabetes, obesity, and cancer. Over the last thirty years, the group of Americans who are obese or overweight grew 30 percent among all adults, to 73 percent from 56 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the same period, diabetes rates overall nearly tripled. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 266