Indeed this story is a pant-load.
Quick Google search says population of USA was 309 million in 2010 and 340 million today.
So I wonder just how much of that ADDITIONAL 100 million pounds of sugar can be DIRECTLY attributed to the extra 30 million people????
The world is full of correlations with no causal link. Assuming correlation implies cause is one of the most common logical fallacies.
Take a look at this for some great examples:
https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
Thanks for saving me from having to mention the obvious. These articles are so ridiculous.
100 million pounds divided by 31 million people = 3.226 lbs. of sugar per person per year. That’s not very much, considering all the things sugar gets added in to.
We are also not adding the consumption by the hummingbirds that come to the feeder @ my place, put up a few years ago. /s
:-)