Apparently the calories we drink have increased significantly over the past 37 years. Pop, juice, alcohol, we just all love our sugary beverages apparently. They note in the article that calories from whole milk are down over the same time period. I saw we rather liberally here, the study is American, but I imagine done here, we would see similar results. Water consumption even, milk down, total beverage calories up. I
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