ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — Americans, especially women, are getting fatter because they eat much more of everything than they did 30 years ago, and carbs are the biggest culprit, the government said Thursday. <br />
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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. <br />
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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.<br />
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