The average American consumes 22 teaspoons of sugar per day.

The average American child consumes 32 teaspoons of sugar per day.

In 1990 each American consumed 5 lbs of sugar in a year.  In 2000 that was 150 lbs.  41% of that is HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)

Americans drink 53 gallons of soft drinks per person per year.

In the avg. American diet 495 calories are attributed to sugar.