How much junk food does the average American eat in a year?

Current estimates of amounts of particular junk foods consumed by each American yearly are as follows:

50 pounds of cookies and cakes
100 pounds of refined sugar
55 pounds of fat and oil
300 containers of soda
200 sticks of chewing gum
20 gallons of ice cream
5 pounds of potato chips
18 pounds of candy
2 pounds of popcorn
unknown quantity of pretzels and a wide variety of snack foods.

Source: Elkort, Martin. The Secret Life of Food, 1991, p. 125.
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