Thank you, sir, may I have another?

We eat too much! Ok, that's a lie. We probably don't really eat too much, but we DO eat too many calories. (Only I eat too much.) As a culture, we really don't know about calories and that whole lot. Most americans eat out (at a restaurant ro fast food) more than once a week, instead of eating at home. Actually,

"An average of one out of five meals consumed by Americans — 4.2 meals per week
— is prepared in a commercial setting."

from the National Restaurant Association

Now, most Americans are not in the top income bracket, and really the only incomes I would associate with being able to eat out at a relatively "high-class" resautrant are those of the top income brackets. And really, the only restaurants that would even serve food that's even relatively healthy would be those types of restaurants. Even then, a restaurant's main attention is to taste, not health, so it's iffy even then. So, I believe it's safe to assume that most of these meals eaten out are eaten at fast food restaurants. And we all know just how healthy (or in this case, unhealthy) they are. Most meals that fast-food restaurants like McDonalds, Burger King, Wendies, Sonic, etc. are around 1000 Calories, and are very high in fat, sodium, and sugar. Now, we look at the recommended total daily intake of calories for a given person, and lo and behold, it's about 2000 Calories. Even were these meals not high in nutrients which in excess are bad for you, they represent close to 1/2 of your daily calory intake. My personal opinion, Americans should take cooking classes.