There are some great paragraphs in there. I like this piece! You can also read it at its source, the america.gov website too. It is true that 95 percent of American households own a car, and most Americans get to work by car (85 percent).
Beer is high in the GI scale and affects your blood sugar levels, this makes you hungry. Also alcohol lowers your inhibitions and you might not bother about what you eat, chips, burger or whatever is available at the time.
Bitterness stimulates the appetite. Beer has calories in it, of course - but far fewer than most people realise. But what it does do is make you feel hungry and what do your do? You buy a packet of crisps or scratchings and it is those that contain the calories. There are far more calories in a modest packet of crisps than there are in a pint of beer.