Study: Americans drink 100 calories in alcohol daily

3:29 PM, Nov 19, 2012   |    comments
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Americans are drinking about 100 calories a day in alcohol.

That's almost as many calories as they consume in sugary drinks and soda.

The new CDC study finds adults consume 5 percent of all their calories from alcoholic beverages compared to almost 6 percent for other sweetened drinks.

The research also made a few other discoveries, including the fact that men drink more calories a day than women.

Men also drink more beer than other types of alcohol.

The study also shows the overwhelming majority of adults drink moderately.

CNN