A Look At Americans

    A revealing consensus about Americans from the NYTimes.

By SAM ROBERTS
Published: December 15, 2006

Americans drank more than 23 gallons of bottled water per person in 2004 — about 10 times as much as in 1980. We consumed more than twice as much high fructose corn syrup per person as in 1980 and remained the fattest inhabitants of the planet, although Mexicans, Australians, Greeks, New Zealanders and Britons are not too far behind.  MORE

    Eight and a half hours in front of the TV, per day? It is no wonder that we are getting fat and lazy and our health is going downhill!