Stephenson County... 1  Covers 568 square miles. 2  Takes its name from Colonel Benjamin Stephenson, who served as a colonel in the War of 1812 in the Illinois Militia. 3  Was incorporated March 4, 1837. 4  Has a population of 47,711 (2010). 5  Was the site of the second Lincoln-Douglas Debate, August 27, 1858. 6  Is the birth place to Jane Addams, of Hull-House ...
It's not a news flash that sugar is bad for kids. What is eye-opening is just how unhealthy it is â and how much of it children eat despite the health warnings. The average kid under 12 consumes 49 pounds of sugar per year, according to the USDA Economic Research Service. Even scarier is that a twenty- or thirtysomething adult's intake is actually lower (46 pounds).
In the last 20 years, the amount of sugar each person consumes yearly in the United States has soared from 26 pounds per person to more than 135 pounds per person. The average teenage male now consumes more than 34 teaspoons of sugar per day.Most of that sugar comes from man-made or refined sugars, which are from cane sugar, beet sugar, corn syrup and corn sugar, especially in the consumption of soft drinks.merican's sweet tooth may not be so sweet for their waist. Americans, on average, are consuming 22 teaspoons of added sugar daily, the equivalent of 350 calories. That's over 8,000 teaspoons annually! This amount is double the amount recommended daily by the American Heart Association.