You eat more than your parents did at your age

One of the Ten Surprising Nutrition Facts to come from the "Fourth Annual Nutrition and Health Conference" held in San Diego, Calif., May 14-16, 2007 is:

The average American is eating 300 more calories each day than he or she did in 1985. Added sweeteners account for 23 percent of those additional calories; added fats, 24 percent.

I'm sure we're not spending any more calories than we did in 1985.