Consumption of added sugars in the U.S. has increased 22% since early 1980’s

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The average consumption of added sugars in the U.S. increased 22 percent from the early 1980's to 2000 according to a report titled F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2008 from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. REFERENCE

Anon. F as in fat: How obesity policies are failing in america, 2008. Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2008 Aug, http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2008/

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Putnam J, Allshouse J, Kantor L. Us per capita food supply trends: More calories, refined carbohydrates, and fats. Food Review. 2002, 25(3):1-14

 

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