Calories Consumed From Beverages - Percentage of

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"About 21 percent of calories consumed by Americans over the age of 2 come from beverages, predominantly soft drinks and fruit drinks with added sugars".

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The New York Times article You Are Also What You Drink published May 27, 2007.

The article was referring to a "Beverage Guidance System" which was published by a panel led by Barry M. Popkin, a nutrition professor at the University of North Carolina, with the support of the Unilever Health Institute in the Netherlands (Unilever owns Lipton Tea).