Astonishingly enough a government report finds that Americans…

Astonishingly enough, a government report finds that Americans are getting fatter because they are eating more.

In the year 2000, women ate the equivalent of one more large chocolate chip cookie every day – 335 more calories – compared to what they ate in 1971. Men ate 168 more calories – slightly more than a 12-ounce Pepsi – each day, according to the study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.