Your filing status is determined on December 31 of each year, so even if you were not married for most of the tax year, you do not have the option of filing as single if you are married on that date.
That is A LOT of sugar â especially when you compare it to how much we used to consume in the past. To put things into perspective, during the early-1800s, the average intake of sugar was only about 4-6 pounds per person per yearâ¦ not 150, 170, or 295 pounds! With each passing decade, there has been a steady increase in sugar consumption among the United Statesâ population.
-- The percentage of total calories from added sugars decreases with age. Men and women ages 20 to 39 consume the most calories from added sugars, 397 and 275 respectively. -- Black men and women consume about 15% of their daily calories from added sugars compared with 13% of whites and Mexican-Americans. -- People with the lowest incomes consumed about 15% of their daily calories from added sugars compared with those at the highest incomes, who consumed about 11.5%.