Sugary drinks add 300 calories a day to youths' diets Teens who drink soda, energy drinks and other sugary beverages are guzzling about 327 calories a day from them, which is equal to about 2½ cans of cola, new government data show. And people ages 20-39 who drink sugary beverages consume 336 calories a day from them. Some people are getting a lot of their daily calories from the drinks, says Cynthia Ogden, an epidemiologist with the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which conducted the research. The latest analysis shows that half of people in the USA drink sugary beverages on any given day, and about 25% consume at least 200 calories a day from them. About 5% of people ages 2 and older consume at least 567 calories a day from such drinks. That's a national problem, nutrition experts say. "Sugar-sweetened beverages are the No. 1 single source of calories in the American diet and account for about half of all added sugars that people consume," http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitnes...300-calories-a-day-to-youths-diets/50203734/1
Some of you seem to have a few things a little mixed up. Not being obese isn't just about what you eat. It's more about mindset/lifestyle/exercise/and what and how much you put in your pie hole.
thats not true at all. if you follow a whole food plant based diet you can eat all you want and not gain weight.