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This is America in All its numerical glory As revealed in the census bureaus 2008 statistical abstract of the United states. First published in 1878, the abstract is the statistical guide to the social political and economic organization of the United states. The new edition released thursday features nearly 1,000 pages of facts and figures that provide a snapshot of a country in constant change. It takes census experts 10 months to bring together an array of statistics and they re on constant watch for new numbers that illuminate new trends in a country of 300 million people. Ive been working on the abstract for More than 30 years says Lars b. Johanson chief of the statistical comp Endia Branch. There is a very simple reason for that. We Are working on so Many different subjects and the work never gets Boring. Johanson and his staff compile information on products that did not exist a decade ago and dig into numbers that reveal the Way americans live. Factory sales of mp3 players Rose from $ 424 million in 2003 to a projected $ 5.9 billion in 2007, while sales of digital tvs tripled from $ 8.7 billion in 2003 to a projected $ 26.3 billion. America appears to be getting a giant Facelift with the total number of cosmetic procedures doubling Between 2000 and 2006. More than 11.4 million cosmetic procedures were performed in 2006, including 3.1 million botox injections which nearly tripled Over that time. Also breast augmentation procedures for women nearly doubled. In this very competitive world people Are driven to look As Good As they can for their Given age said George Korkos a cosmetic surgeon in Waukesha. Even in Milwaukee there Are a significant amount of cosmetic surgeries. Americans shopped till they dropped online with $ 93 billion in retail sales recorded As e Commerce in 2005, a 2.5 per cent drop in the bucket compared with the total of $ 3.7 trillion in retail sales. Yet for All the excitement surrounding a digital future of entertainment and shopping they still engage in age old Leisure activities. In 2006, 41 million adult americans baked 74 million barbecued and 5.7 million flew kites. More adults played computer games 43 million than Board games 39 million while six million participated in fantasy sports leagues. But by far the biggest Leisure time activity was dining out 106 million adults ate in restaurants at least once in 2006. And in 2004, americans consumed 22 per cent More calories each Day 3,900 compared with the daily caloric intake in the 1970s. The whole idea is that people dont really know How Many calories we need versus How much we eat said Patti Cobb chief clinical dietitian at Froedtert Hospital. Cobb blames Over consumption in part on what she Calls the clean plate syndrome. As we Are depending More on restaurant meals there is More of a tendency to finish food there than to take it Home. We have that perceived value of More is better and if we Are eating meals away from Home we want to get a lot for our Money she said. From 1980 to 2005, per capita milk consumption dropped 24 per cent from almost 28 Gallons per person per year to 21 Gallons. Mcclatchy Tribune information services the Skinny on fat health Canada released data thursday from tests for trans fats contained in leading restaurant and prepackaged foods. Trans fats should make up no More than five per cent of total fat Content. Here Are the percentages of trans fats and saturated fats in brackets relative to total fat Content in some of the tested items French Fries Burger King 43.8 22.6 a w 34.9 17.2 a byes 30.2 11.3 mandarin 7.5 10.4 Wendy is 6.8 14.7 Mcdonalds 4.2 26.0 montanans 2.9 9.4 pizza pizza 2.3 17.9 mrs. Vanellis 2.0 17.1 Taco Bell 1.8 8.0 pfc 1.7 8.0 Kelsey is 1.3 9.1 Swiss chalet 0.9 9.4 new York Fries 0.9 8.1 Boston pizza 0.2 6.1 chocolate doughnuts dunking donuts 40.1 23.2 Robins donuts 37.1 21.0 Kristy Creme 29.1 26.7 Coffee time 26.1 23.3 Tim Horton 1.4 47.3 country style 0.6 51.4 source health Canada wow. Csc. Go. Ca in an nutrition gras trans fats Tea age to t a e. Huml by Colin Perkel t Oronto popular restaurant Chain Burger King has gained the dubious distinction of having the highest Levels of artery clogging obesity inducing trans fats in its French Fries Chicken nuggets and other meals compared with its fast food Peers according to Federal data released thursday. The detailed groundbreaking data Are from health Canada testing of leading Brand prepackaged foods such As cookies and Frozen potatoes As Well As Favourite treats from selected restaurants. Burger King seems to have been crowned in this data As the King of trans fats said Sally Brown ceo of the heart and stroke foundation of Canada. Not All companies Are reducing them in All products but Burger King Isnit reducing them in any products. Low Cost trans fats provide taste and texture to a wide Range of foods and Are used for frying but they Are also maligned for increasing Levels of bad cholesterol and lowering those of Good cholesterol. As such they pose a serious Long term health risk. Trans fats Are unsafe at virtually any Quantity said Rocco Rossi who Heads the foundations Ontario Arm. We Are facing an unprecedented crisis in terms of rising rates of obesity rising rates of childhood obesity that will Lead to untold misery for countless canadians in the future. Last year a Federal task Force recommended trans fats make up no More than five per cent of total fat Content in All foods including restaurant Servings. A two per cent limit applied to edible oils and s p r e a d a b l e Margarine. Burger King exceeded those Levels by Between four and almost nine per cent in products ranging from Chicken nuggets and French Fries to Apple turnovers and fish files. For example the chains Chicken nuggets contain almost 20 per cent fat of which More than one third is trans fat. In response Burger King restaurants of Canada called it one of the highest priorities for the company to make its restaurants free of added trans fat by the end of next year starting in Calgary on Jan. 1. The company has also identified trans fat free Par Fry and baked Good solutions for our products and is currently testing these products As Well Burger King said in a statement. When it comes to another Canadian Staple chocolate doughnuts companies such As Tim Horton have Cut trans fats sharply but replaced them with saturated fats which Are Only slightly less harmful to heart health. Three quarters of Consumers Are aware of the harmful effects of trans fats and will try to avoid them a foundation Survey suggests. Were Able to vote with our Mouths As Well As with our feet and our wallets said Federal health minister Tony Clement. In june the Federal government asked food makers to lower trans fats to those Levels recommended by the task Force. If the Industry fails to meet the taskforce recommendations by june 2009, Clement said Ottawa will Force them to. In the interim the data available on the governments website wow. Csc. Go. Ca in an nutrition gras trans fats Tea age Ctm e. Huml should help Consumers make better food buying decisions and manufacturers reconsider their ingredients. There is a huge shaming element said Brown who was co chairwoman of the task Force. The Canadian press census stats reveal the latest american trends Only at 980 Nairn Avenue Winnipeg my 204 663 3542 Christmas Cash we will pay off your credit cards up to $ 4000 wow. Terr Ortynsky. Com cannot be combined with any other offer. Only at not All companies Are reducing them in All products but Burger King Isnit reducing them in any products heart and stroke foundations Sally Brown on trans fats the Winnipeg free press is read by 57% of Winnipeg adults every saturday. Thatus # 1 in Canada among major newspapers. Burger King wears Crown for highest trans fat Levels associated press archives ;