date:Dec 24, 2018
additional 5 percent overestimated their recommendation, going even higher than the suggestion for an active person of their age and gender. And 10 per cent of respondents said they didnt know how many calories a person like him or herself should consume.
The remaining 35 percent provided a figure that was exactly what the FDA recommended or quite close.
In other words, about two-thirds of respondents didnt know how many calories they should consume a day and most of those assumed its lower