THE 2015-2020 DIETARY GUIDELINES RECOMMENDS LIMITING CONSUMPTION OF ADDED SUGARS TO 10% OF CALORIES PER DAY
SUGAR CAN APPEAR IN NATURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS FRUIT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS AND AS ADDED SUGARS LIKE THOSE PUT IN FOODS DURING PREPARATION OR PROCESSING OR AT THE DINING TABLE.
IT IS RECOMMENDED TO RESTRICT ADDED SUGARS TO LESS THAN 100 CALORIES PER DAY FOR WOMEN AND LESS THAN 150 CALORIES PER DAY FOR MEN..
FOR EXAMPLE IT WAS SHOWN THAT FOODS HIGH IN SUGARS, ESPECIALLY SUGARY DRINKS ARE LINKED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY.
ADDED SUGARS INCREASE THE RISK OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, INFLAMMATION, ABDOMINAL FATNESS AND ELEVATED BLOOD LIPID LEVELS INDEPENDENT OF OBESITY.
TODAY, AMERICAN ADULTS GET 13.4% OF THEIR CALORIES FROM SUGARS AND F CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS DERIVE 17%. OTHEIR CALORIES FROM SWEETS.
IN THE TYPICAL US DIET, 31% OF CALORIES FROM ADDED SUGARS COME FROM SNACKS AND SWEETS AND 47% COME FROM ADDED SUGARS IN SWEETENED . SODA.
THERE IS ALSO AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EXCESS SUGAR INTAKE AND A HIGHER RISK FOR CERTAIN CANCERS ,INDEPENDENTLY OF OBESITY.
ONE 16 OUNCE OF COKE OR PEPSI TAKES CARE OF THE ENTIRE SUGAR ALLOTTMENT FOR THE DAY FOR MOST OF THE PEOPLE.
FRUIT DRINKS ARE ALSO CONSIDERED SWEETENED BEVERAGES.
INITIATIVES ‘TO DECREASE CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR INVOLVE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS , ACCESS RESTRICTION IN SCHOOLS, CHILD CARE CENTERS, AND WORKPLACES; FOOD PACKAGING LABELING, PORTION SIZE REDUCTION AND TAXATION..
SCHOOLS ARE OFFERING HEALTHIER FOODS TO SCHOOLCHILDREN AND LIMITING ACCESS TO JUNK FOOD AND SUGARY DRINKS.
SOME RESTAURANTS LIKE APPLEBEE, BURGER KING, CHIPOTLE, DAIRY QUEEN, IHOP, MCDONALD’S, PANERA, SUBWAY AND WENDY’S HAVE DROPPED SUGARY DRINKS FROM THEIR KIDS” MENUS.
IN MARCH, THE UK GOVERNMENT UNVEILED A SURPRISE LEVY ON SUGARY DRINKS. FRANCE, MEXICO AND CHILE HAVE ROLLED OUT SIMILAR LEVIES.
THE TAXES LEVIED WILL BE USED FOR SPORT ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN.
SHARES OF COCA COLA AND PEPSI HAVE GONE DOWN.
US IS CONSIDERING A TAX OF 3 CENTS PER OUNCE FOR SWEETENED BEVERAGES.
US SODA SALES HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST 10 YEARS
SUGAR SUBSTITUTES IN MODERATION ARE BETTER THAN SUGAR..
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