Why do you think that calorie consumption has gone up by 600 calories since 1978?
The two food groups Americans are eating more and more of — added fats and oils, and flour and cereal products — are the same ones found in most processed and fast foods.
pastries, pasta, soda and other carbohydrates appear to be mostly to blame
Body composition evaluates the breakdown of fat and fat free mass. Body Mass Index or BMI is the measure of one's body fat based on only one's height and weight.