Americans Eat More Calories Per Day Than Anyone Else

Americans Eat More Calories Per Day Than Anyone Else
Americans Eat More Calories Per Day Than Anyone Else
Food and Beverage
Health
Calorie Intake
Has Been Optimized

Shocker: people from the most overweight nation in the world eat more food than anyone else.

The health site Evoke.ie created a handful of infographics recently about nutrition and exercise. One of the visuals shows daily calorie consumption in different countries around the world, and, if you’re American, the results aren’t good.

The average American eats a whopping 3,770 calories per day – far more than the recommended intake of roughly 2,000 calories daily. Australia and Italy are close behind, with residents eating 3,760 and 3,660 calories per day, respectively. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Congo, where residents eat just 1,590 calories per day.

Here’s the graph, courtesy of MailOnline:

Another chart by Evoke compares the calorie densities of different foods. For example, a 200 calorie portion of broccoli is 588 grams of food. But for a calorie-dense snack like gummy bears, a 200 calorie portion is just 51 grams of food.

Check it out:

Sources: Evoke.ie, MailOnline

 

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