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Hi Group and Groupies :)
I was trying to find a link to the New York Times Magazine article 
of the above mentioned title, but can't so I will just type it out 
here....... Actually, the end of the article mentioned that 
even "France is grappling with it's own 'American problem': the 
consumption of freedom fries has led to an expanding population of 
supersize enfants"

The short article is about a French art exhibit, near Lyon which 
features pieces about the obesity epidemic. There is a photo of one 
of the pieces which is called "Bubba Gulp", a jumbo steel drum 

of "sweeter than sugar" the piece "contains the average American's 

annual corn-syrup intake: a whopping 63 pounds. The lid features a 
pig, while the label states some ugly facts: Americans eat 31 
teaspoons of sugar a day; the Department of Agriculture recommends 
10 to 12."

Chances are most of this corn syrup is in liquid form, like soda...
Sweetly Yours,
Deb