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May 11, 2011
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This Added Ingredient Intake Mirrors Weight Gain In U.S...
Dear Reader,
Interesting findings concerning added sugars and Americans' ballooning waistlines.
Researchers who have been taking nutritional snapshots of the population for
over 30 years have noticed something of interest - as we've come to consume more
added sugars as part of our food, our body weights have gone up.
In looking at the many reasons for America's growing obesity epidemic, researchers have examined the contributions of total calories and fat, but not as much is known about what role added sugars play in the mix.
Added sugar intake has gone up since 1980... as has BMI according to study researcher and epidemiologist Lyn M. Steffen, PhD, MPH from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Every five years researchers have surveyed close to 5,000 adults who live around the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, questioning them about what they ate over the last 24 hours. Information about body weight, age, lifestyle and socioeconomic status was also collected at this time.
The team then ran the answers they got through a software program that contained nutritional information on hundreds of thousands of foods. This made it easy for the researchers to tell how much sugar the subjects were eating - natural sugars and the added ones in foods. The finding?
The consumption of added sugars has gone up for all ages and for both men and women.
For the latest survey, conducted from 2007 to 2009, men were getting almost 15% of their total daily calories from those added sugars. This was nearly 40% more than from that first survey. For women, the added sugar intake rose from almost 10% to 13%. When looking at the findings by age, younger people ate more sugar than older adults.
As the name implies, added sugars are sugars in the foods we eat that aren't put there by nature. They are hard to avoid, as today added sugars are part of so many foods and drinks, part of processing or the preparation. Fructose (the natural sugar in fruit) doesn't count, but high fructose corn syrup added to fruit cocktail does fall into this category. So do the sugars added to sweeten soft drinks, energy/sports drinks, yogurt, processed snacks and deserts.
Foods like these, which are so high in sugar, contribute extra calories, but not a lot else. And when you combine added sugars and solid fats (SoFAS), you get too many calories and not enough dietary fiber, essential vitamins and minerals. Typically Americans get 35% of total daily calories from SoFAS.
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This Added Ingredient Intake Mirrors Weight Gain In U.S... Continued...
Industry groups say there is no evidence that added sugar is to blame for the
rise in obesity. They call for consumers to practice moderation of all foods
and drinks, while living a healthy lifestyle. Meanwhile, the American Heart Association
urges adults to get no more than 5% of total daily calories from sugar, listed
in grams on nutrition labels.
Take note, most labels list total sugar, not added sugar. If a product has a
naturally sweet component this can make things confusing.
A good rule of thumb according to Rachel K. Johnson, RD, PhD a nutrition professor
at the University of Vermont who studies sugars but wasn't involved in this current
research, is that if there's no milk or dairy (lactose), or no fruit (fructose)
in the food item, the total sugars listed on a label are a good measure of added
sugars. For items like flavored yogurt or cereal with dried fruit, label reading
might be a bit more complex. This is when it's a good idea to find a plain variety
of the same brand and compare sugar levels.
To your good health,
Kirsten Whittaker
Daily Health Bulletin Editor
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Sources:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=141214
Mayo Clinic info on added sugars:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/added-sugar/my00845
CDC info on obesity:
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/index.html
American Heart Association's Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism/Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2011 Scientific Sessions:
http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/
heart/1299792593087EPI_NPAM%20FinalProg_FINAL.pdf
News Release, American Heart Association:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20110324/pl_usnw/DC71351
Lyn M. Steffen, PhD, MPH, University of Minnesota School of Public Health:
http://www.sph.umn.edu/facstaff/ourfaculty/faculty.asp?x5=steff025
Rachel K. Johnson, RD, PhD, professor of nutrition, University of Vermont:
http://anfs.uvm.edu/index.cfm?page=faculty2&fid=6
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