R. Bethene Ervin, and Cynthia L. Ogden, «
Consumption of Added Sugars Among U.S. Adults, 2005 - 2010,» NCHS Data Brief, No. 122, May 2013, http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db122.pdf.
NCHS Data Brief, No. 122:
Consumption of Added Sugars Among U.S. Adults, 2005 — 2010.
Not exact matches
Sugar
consumption among Americans is above recommended limits, and the Current Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasize the importance
of reducing calories from
added sugars.
Furthermore, the proportion
of people exceeding the recommended upper limit
of 10 %
of energy from
added sugars was far higher when ultra-processed food
consumption was high, rising to more than 80 %
among those who ate the most ultra-processed foods.
Next to the British, the people
of the United States use more
sugar than any other nation in the world; and if the
consumption of molasses and syrup were
added — fully 21/2 gallons for every man, woman and child — to that
of sugar, it would be found that the free use
of saccharine food was far greater
among us than with our transatlantic friends.»
This change was mainly attributed to the increased
consumption of sugar - sweetened beverages.1 Although the absolute and percentage
of daily calories derived from
added sugars declined between 1999 - 2000 and 2007 - 2008,
consumption of added sugars remained high in US diets, especially
among children.2 Recommendations for
added sugar consumption vary substantially.