Global diet is getting sweeter, particularly when it comes to beverages

Date: December 2, 2015

Source: The Lancet

Summary:

The global diet is getting sweeter, particularly when it comes to beverages, say researchers. Currently, 68% of packaged foods and beverages in the USA contain caloric sweeteners, 74% include both caloric and low-calorie sweeteners, and just 5% are made with low-calorie sweeteners only. The added sugar comes from hundreds of different versions of sugar, all of which have the same equal health effect.

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